Abstract
The oxidation of CO adsorbed to high coverage on Pt(1 0 0) electrodes in 0.5 M H2SO4 is investigated through comparative measurements with Pt(1 1 1). In potential step experiments, current-time transients recorded during CO oxidation on Pt(1 1 1) display the same peak times and adherence to a Langmuir-Hinshelwood (LH) model for adsorbed CO electrochemical oxidation as literature benchmarks. For potentials in the vicinity of 0.8-0.9 V (versus a reversible hydrogen electrode reference), CO oxidation was faster on ordered Pt(1 0 0) electrodes than on Pt(1 1 1), and responses for ordered Pt(1 0 0) were close to, but somewhat more complicated than those predicted by the LH model. On Pt(1 0 0) with defects intentionally introduced by eliminating H2 gas from the cooling atmosphere, current-time transients recorded during CO monolayer oxidation showed tailing at long times and responses similar to those for the reaction over nanometer-scale (<10 nm) Pt catalyst particles. The kinetics for CO monolayer oxidation on Pt(1 0 0) is discussed in terms of properties of Pt(1 0 0)-(1 × 1) islands and possible changes in island size with electrode treatment.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 93-100 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry |
Volume | 614 |
Issue number | 1-2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 15 2008 |
Keywords
- CO oxidation
- Platinum
- Pt(1 0 0)
- Pt(1 1 1)
- Single crystal electrode