Surface morphology of a glow discharge electrode in a solution

This paper describes the surface morphology of a glow discharge electrode in a solution. In the experiments detailed in the paper, the effects of electrolysis time, solution temperature, voltage, electrolyte concentration, and surface area on the size of nanoparticles formed and their amount of nanoparticles produced were examined to study the surface morphologies of the electrodes. The results demonstrated that the amount of nanoparticles produced increased proportionally with the electrolysis time and current. When the voltages were below 140 V, surfaces with nanoparticles attached, called "Particles" type surfaces, were formed on the electrode. These surfaces changed and displayed ripples, turning into "Ripple" type surfaces, and the nanoparticle sizes increased with an increase in the amount of nanoparticles produced. In contrast, at voltages over 160 V, the surfaces of the electrodes were either "Random" or "Hole" type and the particle sizes were constant at different amount of nanoparticles produced. (C) 2012 American Institute of Physics. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4732076]