Issue 44, 2021

Electrochemical switching of positronium triplet quenching

Abstract

Switching of positronium triplet quenching could successfully be demonstrated by electrochemical means in an aqueous K3[Fe(CN)6] electrolyte. For this purpose a suitable cell was designed to combine positron annihilation with electrochemical measurements. Highly reversible substantial variations of the mean positron lifetime τm could be observed upon electrochemical switching between the oxidation states Fe(CN)63− and Fe(CN)64−, arising from oxidation of positronium by Fe(CN)63−. Dynamic in situ measurements in dependence of potential exhibit a hysteresis like behavior of τm which perfectly correlates with the shift between the reduction and oxidation peaks simultaneously monitored by cyclic voltametry.

Graphical abstract: Electrochemical switching of positronium triplet quenching

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
20 Aug 2021
Accepted
28 Oct 2021
First published
04 Nov 2021
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2021,23, 25278-25283

Electrochemical switching of positronium triplet quenching

P. Brunner, E. Steyskal and R. Würschum, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2021, 23, 25278 DOI: 10.1039/D1CP03828A

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