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Electrocatalysis of anodic oxygen transfer reactions; Comparison of structural data with electrocatalytic phenomena for bismuth-doped lead dioxide

Journal Article · · Journal of the Electrochemical Society; (USA)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1149/1.2096929· OSTI ID:5238622
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  1. Iowa State Univ. of Science and Technology, Ames, IA (USA). Dept. of Chemistry
X-ray structural data, O/sub 2/ evolution overpotentials, and rate constants are compared for anodic oxidation of Mn(II) and 2-thiophene carboxylic acid (2-TCA) at Bi-doped PbO/sub 2/ in 1.0M HClO/sub 4./ It is concluded that the rutile structure of pure {beta}-PbO/sub 2/ deposited anodically from 1.0M HClO/sub 4/ containing Pb(II) is retained even as the Bi(III) content is increased to Bi/Pb ..d.. ca. 0.7, i.e., mole fraction Bi = 0.4. There is no evidence of a new oxide phase being formed. Crystallites of the Bi-PbO/sub 2/ are deposited with an increasing preferential orientation of the 020-plane parallel to the Au substrate surface as the ratio Bi/Pb is increased. The kinetic results are discussed as a function of the enthalpy of transition between the two highest oxide phases for metal oxide electrodes.
OSTI ID:
5238622
Journal Information:
Journal of the Electrochemical Society; (USA), Journal Name: Journal of the Electrochemical Society; (USA) Vol. 136:5; ISSN 0013-4651; ISSN JESOA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English