Application of Microelectrochemical Sensors in Monitoring of Localized Interface pH

doi:10.11902/1005.4537.2019.136

Journal of Chinese Society for Corrosion and protection

2019, Vol. 39

Issue (5): 367-374 DOI: 10.11902/1005.4537.2019.136

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Application of Microelectrochemical Sensors in Monitoring of Localized Interface pH

ZHU Zejie^1,²,ZHANG Qinhao¹,LIU Pan¹,ZHANG Jianqing¹,CAO Fahe^1,³(

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1. Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
2. School of Materials and Chemistry, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou 310018, China
3. School of Materials, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China

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Abstract

Microelectrochemical sensor has been widely applied in various fields involving redox reactions, including experimental research and industrial applications. This paper briefly introduces the recent advances of microelectrochemical pH sensor. The microelectrochemical pH sensor associated with potentiometric mode of different scanning probe microscope is also described for monitoring the local pH distribution of interfaces. Research work of microelectrochemical pH sensor in the measurement of micro-area pH at interfaces by our group is also introduced. Future applications of microelectrochemical pH sensor in corrosion are highlighted.

Key words: microelectrochemical sensor pH interface corrosion scanning probe technology

Received: 29 August 2019

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Fund: National Natural Science Foundation of China(51771174);Zhejiang Province Natural Science Foundation of China(LR16E010001)

Corresponding Authors: Fahe CAO E-mail: caofh5@mail.sysu.edu.cn

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ZHU Zejie,ZHANG Qinhao,LIU Pan,ZHANG Jianqing,CAO Fahe. Application of Microelectrochemical Sensors in Monitoring of Localized Interface pH. Journal of Chinese Society for Corrosion and protection, 2019, 39(5): 367-374.

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Fig.1 pH distributions (a) and pH mapping (b) at the cut edge of galvanized steel sheet after immersion in 1 mmol/L NaCl solution for different time and 5 h, respectively (tip-substrate distance 15 μm, scan rate 7 μm/s)^[33]

Fig.2 SECM image of AZ31B magnesium-based alloy coated with thin sol-gel film after immersion in 0.05 mol/L NaCl solution^[35]

Fig.3 SECM images of 316L stainless steel after immersion in 1 mol/L NaCl solution (pH=2.00) for 2 h (a), 24 h (b), 32 h (c), 48 h (d) and 69 h (e)^[40]

Fig.4 pH vs time curves for 316L stainless steel immersed in 6%FeCl₃ solution, measured with submicron Pt/IrO_x-pH micro-sensor electrode under different tip-substrate distances

Imersiontime / h	Gap / μm			$? c ? x (x = 0)$ mol?L^-1?μm^-1	IA?cm^-2
Imersiontime / h	1	3	5	$? c ? x (x = 0)$ mol?L^-1?μm^-1	IA?cm^-2
4	0.00127	0.00144	0.00169	1.05×10^-4	7.90×10^-3
6	6.38×10^-4	7.05×10^-4	7.8×10^-4	3.55×10^-5	2.67×10^-3
8	3.09×10^-4	3.46×10^-4	3.91×10^-4	2.05×10^-5	1.54×10^-3
10	1.95×10^-4	2.00×10^-4	2.08×10^-4	3.25×10^-6	2.45×10^-4

Table 1 Concentration of protons at different tip-substrate distance after immersion for different time (mol?L^-1)

Fig.5 Schematic diagram of pH profile measurement for 316L stainless steel at different tip-substrate distance (a) and pH vs time curves determined in the solution with the initial pH values of 2.00 (b), 6.00 (c) and 11.00 (d)^[41]

Fig.6 Surface scannings of probe current (a~d) and pH (e~h) for 316L stainless steel after immersion in 6%FeCl₃ solution for 1 h (a, e), 3 h (b, f),7 h (c, g) and 11 h (d, h)^[42]

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