Electrodeposition of Bimetallic Pd-Zn Nanoparticles from Reline

Abstract

The Deep Eutectic Solvent (DES) reline have as relevant advantage that it is indeed economical, and that the urea as a separate component displays little toxicity or citotoxicity that makes it usable in numerous applications. For instance, in the study of monometallic and bimetallic systems where the reline served as the electrolyte, the electrochemical techniques: Cyclic Voltammetry (CV) and Chronoamperometry (CA) were used. Presently, the main aim is to obtain the reduction and oxidation potentials of Pd, Zn and Pd-Zn and to characterize the deposits to establish the resulting morphologies, size and composition, using scanning electron microscopy and X-ray energy dispersive spectroscopy (SEM-EDS).