Specific adsorption of perchlorate anions on Pt{hkl} single crystal electrodes

Attard, Gary Anthony, Brew, Ashley, Hunter, Katherine, Sharman, Jonathan and Wright, Edward 2014. Specific adsorption of perchlorate anions on Pt{hkl} single crystal electrodes. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics -Cambridge- Royal Society of Chemistry 16 (27) , pp. 13689-13698. 10.1039/C4CP00564C

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Abstract

The voltammetry of Pt{111}, Pt{100}, Pt{110} and Pt{311} single crystal electrodes as a function of perchloric acid concentration (0.05–2.00 M) has been studied in order to test the assertion made in recent reports by Watanabe et al. that perchlorate anions specifically adsorb on polycrystalline platinum. Such an assertion would have significant ramifications for our understanding of electrocatalytic processes at platinum surfaces since perchlorate anions at low pH have classically been assumed not to specifically adsorb. For Pt{111}, it is found that OHad and electrochemical oxide states are both perturbed significantly as perchloric acid concentration is increased. We suggest that this is due to specific adsorption of perchlorate anions competing with OHad for adsorption sites. The hydrogen underpotential deposition (H UPD) region of Pt{111} however remains unchanged although evidence for perchlorate anion decomposition to chloride on Pt{111} is reported. In contrast, for Pt{100} no variation in the onset of electrochemical oxide formation is found nor any shift in the potential of the OHad state which normally results from the action of specifically adsorbing anions. This suggests that perchlorate anions are non-specifically adsorbed on this plane although strong changes in all H UPD states are observed as perchloric acid concentration is increased. This manifests itself as a redistribution of charge from the H UPD state situated at more positive potential to the one at more negative potential. For Pt{110} and Pt{311}, marginal changes in the onset of electrochemical oxide formation are recorded, associated with specific adsorption of perchlorate. Specific adsorption of perchlorate anions on Pt{111} is deleterious to electrocatalytic activity in relation to the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) as measured using a rotating disc electrode (RDE) in a hanging meniscus configuration. This study supports previous work suggesting that a large component of the ORR activity on platinum is governed by simple site blocking by specifically adsorbed anions and/or electrosorbed oxide.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Published Online
Status:	Published
Schools:	Chemistry
Subjects:	Q Science > QD Chemistry
Publisher:	Royal Society of Chemistry
ISSN:	1463-9076
Date of Acceptance:	25 March 2014
Last Modified:	06 Jan 2024 04:56
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/73551

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