Table 3.
Electroactive surface area of nanoporous gold samples
Nanoporous Gold annealing T/°C |
np-Au Substrate Mass,a (g) | Gold Oxide Stripping Peak, (µC) |
Electrochemically active Surface Area, (m2 g−1) |
Surface Area SBET, (m2 g−1) |
---|---|---|---|---|
room temperature | 0.256804 | 617.3 | 5.34 | 6.4 |
100 | 0.268556 | 585.9 | 4.85 | 6.35 |
200 | 0.230166 | 449.2 | 4.34 | 5.34 |
300 | 0.265356 | 467.6 | 3.92 | 4.57 |
400 | 0.249948 | 185.7 | 1.65 | 1.79 |
Mass of the np-Au sample was measured using Mettler Toledo XP26 microbalance with 1 µg readability.