Table 4 The investigated electrochemical parameters from the cyclic voltammograms of 0.005 M solution of the ligand (HL) and its Ni(II), Co(II) and Cd(II) complexes with 0.05 M solution of TBAP in DMSO at different scan rates 50–500 mV s−1.

From: Exploring corrosion behavior, antimicrobial evaluation, molecular docking and DFT calculation of thiosemicarbazone ligand and its metal complexes

Compounds

Different scan rates

(Epa)

(Epc)

(Ipa)

(Ipc)

(Ipa/Ipc)

(∆Ep)

(E1/2)

 

50

+ 0.231

+ 0.041

− 0.394

9.06 × 10–6

4.4 × 10–6

− 1.14 × 10–5

− 0.795

 + 0.625

− 0.082

Ligand (HL)

100

200

300

500

Ni (II) complex

50

 + 0.471

− 0.707

2.23 × 10–6

− 7.75 × 10–6

− 0.28

1.178

− 0.118

100

 + 0.495

− 0.714

3.12 × 10–6

− 9.08 × 10–6

− 0.344

1.209

− 0.109

200

 + 0.507

− 0.719

3.27 × 10–6

− 1.02 × 10–5

− 0.321

1.226

− 0.106

300

 + 0.513

− 0.732

4.01 × 10–6

− 1.37 × 10–5

− 0.292

1.245

− 0.109

500

 + 0.520

− 0.744

4.29 × 10–6

1.55 × 10–5

− 0.277

1.264

− 0.112

Co (II) complex

First peak

50

0.630

− 0.560

1.13 × 10–6

− 5.12 × 10–6

− 0.221

1.190

0.035

100

0.606

− 0.578

1.19 × 10–6

− 4.68 × 10–6

− 0.254

1.184

0.014

200

0.583

− 0.596

1.22 × 10–6

− 4.43 × 10–6

− 0.275

1.179

− 0.006

300

0.501

− 0.609

1.28 × 10–6

− 4.31 × 10–6

− 0.297

1.110

− 0.054

500

0.397

− 0.627

1.33 × 10–6

− 4.07 × 10–6

− 0.327

1.024

− 0.115

Co (II) complex

Second peak

50

− 0.548

− 0.253

− 6.09 × 10–7

− 7.99 × 10–7

0.762

− 0.295

− 0.401

100

− 0.510

− 0.198

− 7.34 × 10–7

− 9.83 × 10–7

0.747

− 0.312

− 0.354

200

− 0.596

− 0.148

− 5.50 × 10–7

− 1.04 × 10–6

0.529

− 0.448

− 0.372

300

− 0.590

− 0.105

− 6.74 × 10–7

− 1.16 × 10–6

0.581

− 0.485

− 0.347

500

− 0.576

 + 0.061

− 6.25 × 10–7

− 1.29 × 10–6

0.472

− 0.637

− 0.257

Co (II) complex

Third peak

50

100

 + 0.822

9.96 × 10–7

200

 + 0.839

9.31 × 10–7

300

 + 0.876

8.72 × 10–7

500

 + 0.889

7.74 × 10–7

Cd(II) complex first peak

50

 + 0.716

− 0.768

7.61 × 10–6

− 9.16 × 10–6

− 0.831

 + 1.484

− 0.026

100

 + 0.728

− 0.775

6.89 × 10–6

− 8.35 × 10–6

− 0.825

 + 1.503

− 0.024

200

 + 0.746

− 0.781

6.16 × 10–6

− 6.80 × 10–6

− 0.906

 + 1.527

− 0.018

300

 + 0.759

− 0.787

5.78 × 10–6

− 6.48 × 10–6

− 0.892

 + 1.546

− 0.014

500

 + 0.765

− 0.789

5.44 × 10–6

− 5.79 × 10–6

− 0.939

 + 1.554

− 0.012

Cd(II) complex second peak

50

− 0.707

− 10.82 × 10–6

100

− 0.714

− 9.98 × 10–6

200

− 0.719

− 8.65 × 10–6

300

− 0.732

− 7.82 × 10–6

500

− 0.744

− 6.50 × 10–6