Development and application of wall-jet electrochemical cells, using composite materials as working electrodes

• Grant number: 11/12772-2
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: October 01, 2011
• End date: December 31, 2012
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Chemistry - Analytical Chemistry
• Principal Investigator: Éder Tadeu Gomes Cavalheiro
• Grantee: Fellipy Ferreira
• Host Institution: Instituto de Química de São Carlos (IQSC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Carlos , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The development and application of wall-jet type flow cells is proposed, based on graphite-polymer composites as working electrodes. Silicone rubber and vegetable oil polyurethane will be used in the composite preparation, as agglutinants.The main advantage of such composites is the high hydrophobicity of the polymers in relation to epoxy resins.Such project is supposed to contribute in developing methods devoted to the determination of substances with biological and pharmaceutical interest.