Sub-millivolt amplitude potential oscillations observed in the noise of hydrogen evolution on Ag and Cu microelectrodes-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Sub-millivolt amplitude potential oscillations observed in the noise of hydrogen evolution on Ag and Cu microelectrodes

Published:2007-06-01 Issue:2 Volume:5 Page:466-478
ISSN:2391-5420
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Author:

Szenes Ildikó¹,Mészáros Gábor¹,Lengyel Béla¹

Affiliation:

1. 1Institute of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Chemical Research Center, Hungarian Academy of Science, H-1025, Budapest, Pusztaszeri út 59-67, Hungary

Abstract

AbstractA strange effect was observed while using the method of quasi-simultaneous determination of electrochemical voltage noise and impedance to obtain information on the kinetics of the hydrogen evolution reaction on Ag and Cu microelectrodes. Beyond a certain polarizing current density we found microvolt-amplitude potential oscillations on both electrodes with a frequency in the 5 Hz–5 kHz range. The oscillations were observed in every single experiment with Ag and Cu, while no oscillatory behavior was observed during the control experiments with the Pt microelectrode. The presence of the oscillations indicates that the mechanism of hydrogen evolution is more complex compared to the original assumption.

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Subject

Materials Chemistry,General Chemistry

Link

http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.2478/s11532-007-0004-1.pdf

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