Abstract
The adsorption of ions on electrodes determines the surface potential and charge density of the electrode, thus, quantitative evaluation of the ion adsorption on an electrode is necessary and has been one of the central questions in electrochemistry. Electrochemical Surface Forces Apparatus (EC-SFA) can provide an efficient characterization method of these properties. The interactions between two gold electrodes in various electrolyte solutions, that is, 1 mM aqueous KClO4, K2SO4, and KCl, were measured by controlling of the electrochemical potential (E). The long-range, double layer repulsion and the jump-in due to the van der Waals attraction at the surface separation of about 20 nm were observed between the electrodes in all the solutions. We evaluated the ψ0 and σ values employing DLVO fitting of these interactions. The signs of ψ0 and σ were determined from the interaction between the electrode and negatively charged mica surfaces. This study demonstrated that the σ values were negative and similar i...
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