Kinetic studies of molecular oxygen reduction on W0.013Ru1.27Se thin films chemically synthesized

Autor: E. Ordoñez-Regil, S.D. Ramírez-Raya, R. Rivera-Noriega, S.M. Fernández-Valverde, Omar Solorza-Feria
Rok vydání: 1997
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Zdroj: Thin Solid Films. 311:164-170
ISSN: 0040-6090
DOI: 10.1016/s0040-6090(97)00685-8
Popis: The reaction of molecular oxygen reduction was investigated on an amorphous W0.013Ru1.27Se electrocatalyst compound in a 0.5 M H2SO4 solution. The electrocatalyst was synthesized by reacting transition metal carbonyl compounds with the elemental selenium in 1,2-dichlorobenzene (b.p.≈180°C), under refluxing conditions for 20 Hs. The sample was characterized by Neutron Activation Analysis (NAA) and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). The characterization of the electrocatalyst indicated that the material, in a thin film form, consisted of an amorphous phase with a distribution of nano-sized particles. Electrochemical studies were carried out by a using a Rotating Disc Electrode (RDE) and a Rotating Ring-Disc Electrode (RRDE) techniques. The RDE and RRDE measurements indicated that the electrocatalyst is active for molecular oxygen reduction in acid media with multi-electron charge transfer (n=4e−), to form water. The reaction order and the heterogeneous rate constants for a simple mechanism were evaluated.
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