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B.B. Blizanac, V. Stamenkovic

Electrocatalytic Trends on IB Group Metals: The Oxygen Reduction Reaction

Keywords: Oxygen Reduction Reaction, Electrocatalytic Trends, IB Group Metals, Potential of Zero Charge, pH Effects

The rotating ring disk method (RRDE) is applied to investigate the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) on Cu(111), Ag(111) and Au(111) single crystal surfaces in alkaline and acidic media. Independently of the pH of solution, we found that at low overpotentials the order of activity increases from Cu(111) to Ag(111) to Au(111). At high overpotentials, however, Cu(111) and Ag(111) are much more active than Au(111). An interpretation of the variation in activity is presented based on the premise that the rate of the ORR is controlled by two factors: a chemical-dependent part, Δ G_θ^∗ = Δ G₀^∗ + γ Δ G_Θ⁰Θ_ad, and the pre-exponential part which is determined by the adsorption of spectator species (Θ_ad) and the availablitiy of bare metal sites, i.e., the (1-Θ_ad) term.

Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie, Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag

Print ISSN: 0942-9352
Volume: 221, 09/2007
Pages: 1379 - 1391

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