Evaluation of oxygen reduction activity by the thin-film rotating disk electrode methodology: The effects of potentiodynamic parameters
Abstract
Here, an accurate and efficient assessment of activity is critical for the research and development of electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). Currently, the methodology combining the thin-film rotating disk electrode (TF-RDE) and potentiodynamic polarization is the most commonly used to pre-evaluate ORR activity, acquire kinetic data (i.e., kinetic current, Tafel slope, etc.), and gain understanding of the ORR mechanism. However, it is often neglected that appropriate potentiodynamic parameters have to be chosen to obtain reliable results. We first evaluate the potentiodynamic and potentiostatic polarization measurements with TF-RDE to examine the ORR activity of Pt nanoelectrocatalyst. Furthermore, our results demonstrate that besides depending on the nature of electrocatalyst, the apparent ORR kinetics also strongly depends on the associated potentiodynamic parameters, such as scan rate and scan region, which have a great effect on the coverage of adsorbed OHad/Oad on Pt surface, thereby affecting the ORR activities of both nanosized and bulk Pt. However, the apparent Tafel slopes remained nearly the same, indicating that the ORR mechanism in all the measurements was not affected by different potentiodynamic parameters.
- Authors:
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- Harbin Inst. of Technology, Harbin (China); Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- Harbin Inst. of Technology, Harbin (China)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1333204
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-113209-2016-JA
Journal ID: ISSN 1868-2529; R&D Project: MA510MAEA; KC0302010
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC00112704
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Electrocatalysis
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 7; Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 1868-2529
- Publisher:
- Springer
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; ORR; TF-RDE; electrocatalyst; catalytic activity; potentiodynamic parameters
Citation Formats
Chen, Guangyu, Li, Meng, Kuttiyiel, Kurian A., Sasaki, Kotaro, Kong, Fanpeng, Du, Chunyu, Gao, Yunzhi, Yin, Geping, and Adzic, Radoslav R. Evaluation of oxygen reduction activity by the thin-film rotating disk electrode methodology: The effects of potentiodynamic parameters. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1007/s12678-016-0309-y.
Chen, Guangyu, Li, Meng, Kuttiyiel, Kurian A., Sasaki, Kotaro, Kong, Fanpeng, Du, Chunyu, Gao, Yunzhi, Yin, Geping, & Adzic, Radoslav R. Evaluation of oxygen reduction activity by the thin-film rotating disk electrode methodology: The effects of potentiodynamic parameters. United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12678-016-0309-y
Chen, Guangyu, Li, Meng, Kuttiyiel, Kurian A., Sasaki, Kotaro, Kong, Fanpeng, Du, Chunyu, Gao, Yunzhi, Yin, Geping, and Adzic, Radoslav R. Mon .
"Evaluation of oxygen reduction activity by the thin-film rotating disk electrode methodology: The effects of potentiodynamic parameters". United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12678-016-0309-y. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1333204.
@article{osti_1333204,
title = {Evaluation of oxygen reduction activity by the thin-film rotating disk electrode methodology: The effects of potentiodynamic parameters},
author = {Chen, Guangyu and Li, Meng and Kuttiyiel, Kurian A. and Sasaki, Kotaro and Kong, Fanpeng and Du, Chunyu and Gao, Yunzhi and Yin, Geping and Adzic, Radoslav R.},
abstractNote = {Here, an accurate and efficient assessment of activity is critical for the research and development of electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). Currently, the methodology combining the thin-film rotating disk electrode (TF-RDE) and potentiodynamic polarization is the most commonly used to pre-evaluate ORR activity, acquire kinetic data (i.e., kinetic current, Tafel slope, etc.), and gain understanding of the ORR mechanism. However, it is often neglected that appropriate potentiodynamic parameters have to be chosen to obtain reliable results. We first evaluate the potentiodynamic and potentiostatic polarization measurements with TF-RDE to examine the ORR activity of Pt nanoelectrocatalyst. Furthermore, our results demonstrate that besides depending on the nature of electrocatalyst, the apparent ORR kinetics also strongly depends on the associated potentiodynamic parameters, such as scan rate and scan region, which have a great effect on the coverage of adsorbed OHad/Oad on Pt surface, thereby affecting the ORR activities of both nanosized and bulk Pt. However, the apparent Tafel slopes remained nearly the same, indicating that the ORR mechanism in all the measurements was not affected by different potentiodynamic parameters.},
doi = {10.1007/s12678-016-0309-y},
journal = {Electrocatalysis},
number = 4,
volume = 7,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Apr 11 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Mon Apr 11 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}
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