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Efficiency of Pyrrole Electropolymerization under Various Conditions

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The electrooxidative polymerization of pyrrole on the surface of a glassy carbon electrode was studied, while varying the solvent, the type and concentration of supporting electrolyte, redox mediator addition to the polymerization medium, and hydrodynamic conditions. The efficiency of polymerization was determined as the ratio of the charge of the redox response of the polymer film under the standard conditions to the total charge of film formation in the monomer solution. The above factors were varied to determine the conditions that allow minimization of the ratio in order to obtain the highest yield of the polymer product. This was achieved by using a combination of a redox mediator addition with active stirring of solution.

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  1. Institute for Problems of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka, Moscow region, 142432, Russia

    O. I. Istakova, D. V. Konev, E. V. Zolotukhina & M. A. Vorotyntsev

  2. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia, Moscow, 125047, Russia

    O. I. Istakova, D. V. Konev & M. A. Vorotyntsev

  3. Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia

    T. O. Medvedeva, E. V. Zolotukhina & M. A. Vorotyntsev

  4. ICMUB, UMR 6302 CNRS-Université de Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Dijon, France

    M. A. Vorotyntsev

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Original Russian Text © O.I. Istakova, D.V. Konev, T.O. Medvedeva, E.V. Zolotukhina, M.A. Vorotyntsev, 2019, published in Elektrokhimiya, 2019, Vol. 55, No. 1, pp. 85–94.

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Istakova, O.I., Konev, D.V., Medvedeva, T.O. et al. Efficiency of Pyrrole Electropolymerization under Various Conditions. Russ J Electrochem 54, 1243–1251 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1023193518130190

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