Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Vol.491, No.1-2, 78-86, 2000
Preparation of silver nanoparticles on ITO surfaces by a double-pulse method
The influence of pulse parameters of a potentiostatic double-pulse on the size distribution of silver clusters was investigated. The silver clusters were deposited from a cyanide-containing electrolyte onto indium-tin oxide electrodes. Clusters with particle diameters of 100-300 nm can be prepared on a time scale of minutes. A model is presented, which is able to explain the experimental results.
Keywords:electrodeposition;potentiostatic double-pulse;silver cluster;homogeneous distribution;nucleation