Research Article

High Current Density Chronopotentiometric Electrosynthesis and SEM Characterization of Hexanethiol-Monolayer-Protected Silver Planar Nanotriangles (Ag@C6SH)

Table 1

design of experiments for electrochemical synthesis of Ag@C6SH NCs.

TC1: trial condition 1 (randomly selected order 6)

Current density (A·cm−2)0.51
Time (Min)151
Distance (mm)Minimum1
Hexanethiol concentration (mM)101
Solvent ratio = 50 : 501
Temperature551
NaBH4 (w/v %)0%1

TC2: trial condition 2 (randomly selected order 4)

Current density (A·cm−2)0.51
Time (Min)151
Distance (mm)Minimum1
Hexanethiol concentration (mM)202
Solvent ratio70 : 302
Temperature752
NaBH4 (w/v %)1%2

TC3: trial condition 3 (randomly selected order 5)

Current density (A·cm−2)0.51
Time (Min)302
Distance (mm)Maximum2
Hexanethiol concentration (mM)101
Solvent ratio = 50 : 501
Temperature (°C)752
NaBH4 (w/v %)1%2

TC4: trial condition 4 (randomly selected order 2)

Current density (A·cm−2)0.51
Time (Min)302
Distance (mm)Maximum2
Hexanethiol concentration (mM)202
Solvent ratio = 70 : 302
Temperature (°C)551
NaBH4 (w/v %)0%1

TC5: trial condition 5 (randomly selected order 7)

Current density (A·cm−2)0.92
Time (Min)151
Distance (mm)Maximum2
Hexanethiol concentration (mM)101
Solvent ratio = 70 : 302
Temperature (°C)551
NaBH4 (w/v %)1%2

TC6: trial condition 6 (randomly selected order 3)

Current density (A·cm−2)0.92
Time (Min)151
Distance (mm)Maximum2
Hexanethiol concentration (mM)202
Solvent ratio = 50 : 501
Temperature (°C)752
NaBH4 (w/v %)0%1

TC7: trial condition 6 (randomly selected order 4)

Current density (A·cm−2)0.92
Time (Min)302
Distance (mm)Minimum1
Hexanethiol concentration (mM)101
Solvent ratio = 70 : 302
Temperature (°C)752
NaBH4 (w/v %)0%1

TC8: trial condition 6 (randomly selected order 1)

Current density (A·cm−2)0.92
Time (Min)302
Distance (mm)Minimum1
Hexanethiol concentration (mM)202
Solvent ratio = 50 : 501
Temperature (°C)751
NaBH4 (w/v %)1%2