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Title: Cyclic voltammetric deposition of hydrous ruthenium oxide for electrochemical capacitors

Journal Article · · Journal of the Electrochemical Society
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1149/1.1391956· OSTI ID:680045
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  1. National Chung Cheng Univ., Chia-Yi (Taiwan, Province of China). Dept. of Chemical Engineering

Hydrous ruthenium oxide-coated titanium electrodes (RuO{sub x}{center_dot}nH{sub 2}O/Ti) with high pseudocapacitance were prepared by cyclic voltammetry from an aqueous chloride solution in the {minus}200 to 1000 mV range. The growth rate of RuO{sub x}{center_dot}nH{sub 2}O, represented by i{sub p} (peak current) of the cyclic voltammograms, was constant up to cycle 120, but it decreased slightly between 120 and 240 cycles. Voltammetric responses studied by cyclic voltammetry as well as the charging and discharging behavior examined by chronopotentiometry in 0.5 M H{sub 2}SO{sub 4} demonstrated the suitability of RuO{sub x}{center_dot}H{sub 2}O for use in electrochemical capacitors. X-ray diffraction spectra exhibited an amorphous structure of this hydrous oxide film. The oxide consisted of mixed oxyruthenium species with various oxidation states as demonstrated by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and the RuO{sub x}{center_dot}nH{sub 2}O surface showed a porous morphology.

OSTI ID:
680045
Journal Information:
Journal of the Electrochemical Society, Vol. 146, Issue 7; Other Information: PBD: Jul 1999
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English