Solid contact reference electrode with a PVC-based composite electroactive element fabricated by 3D printing

Andrzej Lewenstam; Bartosz Bartoszewicz; Jan Migdalski; Adam Kochan

Electrochemistry Communications (Dec 2019)

Solid contact reference electrode with a PVC-based composite electroactive element fabricated by 3D printing

Andrzej Lewenstam,
Bartosz Bartoszewicz,
Jan Migdalski,
Adam Kochan

Affiliations

Andrzej Lewenstam: Faculty of Materials Science and Ceramics, AGH University of Science and Technology, al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Kraków, Poland; Corresponding author.
Bartosz Bartoszewicz: Faculty of Materials Science and Ceramics, AGH University of Science and Technology, al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Kraków, Poland
Jan Migdalski: Faculty of Materials Science and Ceramics, AGH University of Science and Technology, al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Kraków, Poland
Adam Kochan: Noctuo Sp. z o.o., 44-100 Gliwice ul. Sowińskiego 5, Poland

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 109

Abstract

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Fabrication of solid contact reference electrodes (SCREs) by three-dimensional (3D) printing using a PVC-based composite is described. PVC highly loaded with KCl forms the electroactive part of the electrode and is deposited on an ABS 3D printed base equipped with an electric contact made of Ag/AgCl. The reference electrode is characterized by very good potential stability in potentiometric tests as well as excellent performance in acid–base titration. Keywords: 3D printing, Reference electrode, Solid contact, PVC-based composite

Published in Electrochemistry Communications

ISSN: 1388-2481 (Print); 1873-1902 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Technology: Chemical technology: Industrial electrochemistry; Science: Chemistry
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/electrochemistry-communications

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