Author:
Chen Guoying,Bare Simon R.,Mallouk Thomas E.
Abstract
Mixed metal catalysts containing Pt, Ir, Ru, Os, and Rh were synthesized on three different conductive oxide supports, Ebonex, which is a mixture of
Ti
4
O
7
and other phases, phase-pure microcrystalline
Ti
4
O
7
,
and
Ti
0.9
Nb
0.1
O
2
,
a doped rutile compound. Ebonex-supported catalysts were prepared as arrays and screened combinatorially for activity and stability as bifunctional oxygen reduction/water oxidation catalysts. The highest activity and stability was found in the Pt-Ru-Ir ternary region at compositions near
Pt
4
Ru
4
Ir
1
.
X-ray near edge absorption spectra indicated a significant electronic interaction between the catalyst and the support, and a substantial increase in catalyst utilization was observed, even though the support surface areas were relatively low. Both Ebonex and
Ti
4
O
7
have short-lived electrochemical stability under conditions of oxygen evolution at
+
1.6
V
vs. RHE in 0.5 M
H
2
SO
4
.
Current at these supported catalysts gradually decreases, and the decrease is attributed to loss of electronic conductivity. Ebonex and
Ti
4
O
7
are also thermally oxidized in air at temperatures above 400°C. In contrast,
Ti
0.9
Nb
0.1
O
2
,
which has a nondefective oxygen lattice, is quite resistant to electrochemical and thermal oxidation. Conditioning of
Ti
0.9
Nb
0.1
O
2
-supported
Pt
4
Ru
4
Ir
1
at positive potentials had little effect on the activity of the catalyst. © 2002 The Electrochemical Society. All rights reserved.
Publisher
The Electrochemical Society
Subject
Materials Chemistry,Electrochemistry,Surfaces, Coatings and Films,Condensed Matter Physics,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment,Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
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