In this work the electrochemical behavior of cobalt ethylendiamine complexes
(Co(en)), at pH 12 has been investigated by cyclic voltammetry (CV),
potentiostatic pulse technique and polarization curve measurements at
stationary and rotating glassy carbon (GC) electrode. It was shown that
sixteen different species can be formed in the solution containing Co(en)3
ligand, with the most stable one at all pH values being [Co(en)3]3+. The
reduction of [Co(en)3]3+ into [Co(en)3]2+ was shown to be totally
irreversible, one-electron exchange reaction. Further reduction of
[Co(en)3]2+ was found to be complex process leading to a cobalt deposition
at the potentials more negative than -1.45 V vs. SCE. The process of
[Co(en)3]2+ oxidation was also complex and most probably coupled with the
chemical reaction. [Projekat Ministarstva nauke Republike Srbije, br.
172045]
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