ELECTROCHEMICAL THERMOSPRAY MASS-SPECTROMETRY INSTRUMENTATION FOR COUPLING ELECTROCHEMISTRY TO MASS-SPECTROMETRY

Reaction products in electrochemical processes can be identified by co upling an electrochemical thin-layer now cell to a thermospray mass sp ectrometer, The performance of this analytical method, electrochemical thermospray mass spectrometry, is demonstrated. This includes the cha racterization of the improved electrochemical thin-layer now cell, Thi s cell offers the possibility to combine cyclic voltammograms with mas s spectrometry, This goal was achieved, too, by the construction of a new thermospray ion source and a special vacuum recipient.