WORKING ELECTRODE PRINTED ON A SUBSTRATE.

摘要

Device comprising a substrate (1), an electrode (2), a track (4) and a recess (3), wherein the substrate extends over a first thickness, between a first face and a second face, wherein the electrode is printed on the first face, wherein the track is printed on the second face, wherein the substrate is electrically insulated, wherein the electrode is conductive to electricity essentially through carbon particles, wherein the track is conductive to electricity and contains particles of silver, wherein the recess is conductive to electricity and is made of an ink which comprises a binary mixture of carbon and silver in proportions where the quantity of silver divided by the sum of the quantities of carbon and silver present in the binary mixture is comprised within a 0 to 1 interval, wherein the recess extends within the substrate from the first face to the second face, wherein the recess is in electrical contact with the electrode at the level of a first junction located on the first face, wherein the recess is in electrical contact with the track at the level of a second junction located on the second face, and wherein the linear density of silver particles in the recess at the level of the first junction, perpendicularly to the current lines when a current passes through the first junction, is lower than the linear density of silver particles in the track at the level of the second junction, perpendicularly to the current lines when a current passes through the second junction. By using such binary mixture of carbon and silver in the recess (3), silver contamination in electrochemical cells using silver tracks is reduced.