Amir Bzainia

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Does anyone know where I could find a LabView driver for a Zahner Xpot Potentiostat?

I am using a Zahner XPOT potentiostat and I want to control the instrument by a LabView driver, as the original software of the potentiostat lacks many functionalities. I already searched in the...

10 December 2020 5,742 2 View

Is there a reliable method to measure the capacitive current of a solution through cyclic voltammetry?

Dear readers, I am conducting cyclic voltammetry experiments and I wanted to eliminate the capacitive current to better distinguish the current peaks and avoid error. So the approach that I took...

04 August 2020 8,417 5 View

I am trying to dry LiTFSI salt, which is known for its high hygroscopy, but in vain. What should I do?

Dear readers, I tied to dry Bis(trifluoromethane)sulfonimide lithium salt (LiTFSI) in oven at 60°C and at P=0.19bar (corresponds to the point of evaporation of water) and It failed to dry the...

23 July 2020 8,353 1 View

How can I study the sulfur active material in three-electrode system by cyclic voltammetry (before battery assembly)?

Dear readers, I am studying sulfur battery cathodes. For this, I am trying to study the active material which consists of 80% sublimed sulfur+10% conductive carbon black+10% PE (Mw=4000). I...

01 July 2020 8,693 10 View

How to graft a methyl thiol on the 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene monomer (EDOT) ?

Dear readers, I am trying to functionalize the monomer EDOT with a methyl thiol group (as shown in the picture). What are the steps that I should follow to reach the desired product ?

21 March 2020 1,283 4 View

Can anyone suggest book(s) about the techniques used to characterize batteries and supercapacitors?

I am working on conductive polymers and I am willing to apply them in energy storage devices (supercapacitors and batteries). Hence, I want to know the techniques used to assemble such devices (on...

20 January 2020 8,724 8 View

How to find the peaks of a PEDOT:PSS dispersion in water ?

I synthesized PEDOT:PSS at the EDOT:PSS ratio of 1:12.5 in DI water. I want to investigate the functional groups of PEDOT:PSS through FTIR but the problem is that water has a big interference, and...

06 January 2020 10,105 1 View

How to determine the thickness of PEDOT from the voltammograms?

I synthesized PEDOT through electropolymerzaition in 10% acetonitrile (v/v) and deionized water in the presence of LiClO4 and of course the monomer EDOT. The reference electrode used is Ag/AgCl,...

28 March 2019 8,777 4 View