Photo-Electrochemical H-Cell Setup

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 (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: (Magnetic Mount)

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

Specification: (Screw Mount)

Nominal exposure area: 1 cm² or 4.155 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

Product Includes: (Magnetic Mount)

2 x lid – 0001CPEMA
2 x chamber - 0030CPEMAMM
2 x sample mount – 0004CPEMAMM
1 x micro tripod
4 x plug

Product Includes: (Screw Mount)

2 x lid – 0001CPEMA
2 x chamber
2 x sample mount 
2 x pillar – 0031PSSMA
4 x plug

Setup Includes:

mm Pec H-Cell 2 X 15 ml - Magnetic Mount H-Cell 2 X 15 ml, Pec H-Cell 2 X 15 ml - Screw Mount H-Cell 2 X 15 ml, 1 cm2
Metal Wire Auxiliary Electrode - 50Hx15 0.6/250 mm, Platinum (99,9%), 1 mm Dia. Gold Plated Pin
Silver / Silver Chloride Reference Electrode - Ag/Agcl 30 mm, Non-Aqueous - Ag/Ag+ 30 mm