The open clrcmt reduction of chenusorbed oxygen on a platmum electrode m the presence of a dissolved depolarizer,,"βΊ such as formic acid, IS shown to proceed by a purely electrochemical mechamsm It IS UMecessary to invoke an lmtial purely chemical reduction The concept of such a reduction 1s not sup
Titration of oxygen chemisorbed on platinum: Experiment and simulation
β Scribed by Fu-hsiang Tseng; J. M. White
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1980
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 573 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0538-8066
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β¦ Synopsis
Abstract
The titration of chemisorbed oxygen by carbon monoxide to form carbon dioxide has been studied from 373 to 673 K over polycrystalline platinum. The pressure transients for CO and CO~2~ have been measured and simulated numerically. A complex LangmuirβHinshelwood mechanism is found which fits all the data, and it is not necessary to invoke EleyβRideal kinetics. The results fall into two temperature regimes, above and below 473 K, which are characterized by different Arrhenius parameters. A change in activation energy with oxygen coverage is also found below 473 K.
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The oxygen coverage was determined by cathodic charging curves at different potentials under the conditions of periodic, low-speed, potentiostatic current potential curves in 1 N HCIO4 with vigorous hydrogen or argon stirring between + 0"6 V and + 1"5 V. t In the case of hydrogen stirring the net cu