Low cost rotating disc electrode built using accessible hand tools and 3D printing

IF 2 Q3 ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC

HardwareX Pub Date : 2025-01-31 DOI:10.1016/j.ohx.2025.e00626

Adam Shnier, Tarisai Velempini, Anzel Falch

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Abstract

Rotating disc electrodes (RDEs) are ubiquitous among electrochemistry labs for their versatility. They serve to mitigate the mass transport limitations in experiments through hydrodynamic control. Commercially available RDEs cost thousands of USD ($) making them unaffordable for many lower budget research groups or education institutions. Affordable designs exist in literature to make these, but precision machined parts are required. The presented prototype is fabricated using a 3D printed design and common hand tools, providing clean and reproducible data. This facilitates production in a wider range of environments for research and education applications, as is ideal in the South African context in which it was designed.

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低成本的旋转圆盘电极使用可访问的手动工具和3D打印

旋转圆盘电极（RDEs）因其多功能性在电化学实验室中无处不在。它们通过水动力控制来减轻实验中质量输运的限制。商业上可用的rde花费数千美元（美元），这使得许多预算较低的研究小组或教育机构负担不起。经济实惠的设计在文献中存在，但精密加工的零件是必需的。所呈现的原型是使用3D打印设计和普通手工工具制造的，提供了干净和可重复的数据。这有助于在更广泛的研究和教育应用环境中进行生产，这在南非的设计背景下是理想的。

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来源期刊

HardwareX Engineering-Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

CiteScore

4.10

自引率

18.20%

发文量

124

审稿时长

24 weeks

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