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Photo-electrochemical H-cell setup

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This is a horizontally mounted, double compartment photo-electrochemical H-Cell used to simultaneously investigate thin film photo-anodes and cathodes. The cell elements are made of PEEK. It well fits aqueous (FKM/EPDM O-Rings) and organic solvent (FFKM O-Rings) electrolyte requirements. The construction is gas-tight having two separate chambers, each equipped with gas inlet and outlet. This allows bubbling the solution and evacuating gases. Chambers are separated with an ion-exchange membrane (e.g. DuPont’s Nafion® membrane), so the electrochemical products appearing at photo-anode and cathode do not affect the opposite electrode.

Application note:
This cell allows several approaches to perform measurements in 2- or 3-electrode setups. It is designed to investigate performance of a thin film photo-anode (e.g. nanocrystalline material or conducting polymer) deposited on a rigid or flexible transparent substrate (typically fused quartz glass). The cathode (counter electrode) is mounted in the second chamber either in a top casing or attached on the side of the cell as a thin film deposited on rigid or flexible substrate. The reference electrode is mounted in a top casing of the same chamber as the photo-anode. Various auxiliary electrodes are suitable for this cell including metal wire, gauze and foil electrodes as well as non-metal electrodes and thin films. Typical applications include: basic photochemistry, photolytic water splitting, photoinduced charge separation and photocorrosion.

Specification:
nominal exposure area: 1 cm2
minimum electrolyte volume: 2x10 mL
maximum electrolyte volume: 2x15 mL
electrode plug diameter: 6 mm
recommended substrate size: 25 mm x 25 mm
maximum substrate thickness: 3 mm

Setup includes:
1 x Magnetic Mount Photo-electrochemical H-cell – MM PEC H-CELL 2x15 mL (or Photo-electrochemical H-cell – PEC H-CELL 2x15 mL)
1 x Metal Wire Auxiliary Electrode - 50HX15 0.6/250 mm (Platinum)
2 x Reference electrodes (Ag/AgCl, or Ag/Ag+)