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| Author(s): |
Maria Isabel de Campos Ferreira Costa
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | Ribeirão Preto. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto (PCARP/BC) |
| Defense date: | 2006-04-24 |
| Examining board members: |
Jose Ricardo Romero;
João Marcos Madurro;
Artur de Jesus Motheo;
Paulo Olivi;
Maria Valnice Boldrin Zanoni
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| Advisor: | Jose Ricardo Romero |
| Abstract | |
This thesis describes the preparation of new modified electrodes (MEs) using the method of noble metal particles deposition like nickel, palladium and platinum in the surface of commum metals particles as cooper and iron. This new electrodes were denominated mixed MEs, and can show different caractheristics and present higher efficiency than others already studied, being their principal application in electrocatalytic hydrogenation (ECH) of unsaturated organic substrates. The surface electrode were coated with the polymer poly-(ether allyl p-benzenesulfonic), an anionic film with good chemical and mechanic stability that can undergoes ion exchange of ions H+ by metallic cations. This film is prepared by anodic oxidation of the monomer using voltammetric cycles, producing a cation radical initiador of a chain reaction polymerization. Cooper and iron metals are incorporated in the polymer by ion exchange/ electrochemical reduction; the ME were dipped in saturated solution of cooper or iron salt to produce the ion exchange. The ions are then electrochemically reduced. The preparation of mixed MEs is carried out by electrolessly deposidated Ni, Pd or Pt. This methodology use NaH2PO2, to reduce the metal ions. This procedure deposits Ni, Pd and Pt in the surface of Cu or Fe MEs with an expected higher superficial area. The mixed Cu/Ni, Cu/Pd, Cu/Pt, Fe/Ni, Fe/Pd e Fe/Pt MEs were prepared. The characterization of the MEs metals was made indirectly by electrochemically hydrogen generation from an acid solution (HG) and directly by SEM-EDX and Ray X Diffraction analysis. The metallic deposition process was investigated by open circuit during the deposition of nobles metals that indicate the occurrence of electroless deposition (EMD) process in some cases or spontaneous displacement reaction (galvanic deposition - GD) in others. Despite the two mechanisms related above, a catalytic process would occur. To rut in evidence this third process Ni, Pd and Pt MEs were prepared by two methods: ion exchange/electrochemical reduction and ion exchange/chemical reduction catalyzed by the film. The resulting MEs were characterized by HG and spectroscopy in the UV/Vis. For this last analysis, p-toluenossulfonic acid was used as model and the results proved the catalytic mechanism. UV spectroscopy analysis showed strong bonds between the p-toluenossulfonic and the noble metal salts. So particles of noble metals can be deposited not only by EMD or GD but in all cases occur the deposition by film catalysis too. The reactivity of mixed MEs was done by kinetic study, where ECH of some organic substrates were carried out and monitored by UV/Vis spectroscopy. The constant rate (k) of the reactions was calculated and compared with the others mixed MEs. The ks of this ME were compared with the ks of other Pt MEs, already studied. The more reactive of them was the Cu/Pt ME. (AU) | |