Journal article

Authors list: Weber, T; Vonk, V; Abb, MJS; Evertsson, J; Sandroni, M; Drnec, J; Stierle, A; Lundgren, E; Over, H

Publication year: 2020

Pages: 9057-9062

Journal: Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volume number: 11

Issue number: 21

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c02730

Publisher: American Chemical Society

Abstract: 

Down to a cathodic potentials of −1.20 V versus the reversible hydrogen electrode, the structure of IrO₂(110) electrodes supported by TiO₂(110) is found to be stable by in situ synchrotron-based X-ray diffraction. Such high cathodic potentials should lead to reduction to metallic Ir (Pourbaix diagram). From the IrO₂ lattice parameters, determined during cathodic polarization in a H₂SO₄ electrolyte solution (pH 0.4), it is estimated that the unit cell volume increases by 1% due likely to proton incorporation, which is supported by the lack of significant swelling of the IrO₂(110) film derived from X-ray reflectivity experiments. Ex situ X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy suggests that protons are incorporated into the IrO₂(110) lattice below −1.0 V, although Ir remains exclusively in the IV+ oxidation state down to −1.20 V. Obviously, further hydrogenation of the lattice oxygen of IrO₂(110) toward water is suppressed for kinetic reasons and hints at a rate-determining chemical step that cannot be controlled by the electrode potential.

Harvard Citation style: Weber, T., Vonk, V., Abb, M., Evertsson, J., Sandroni, M., Drnec, J., et al. (2020) Extraordinary Stability of IrO2(110) Ultrathin Films Supported on TiO2(110) under Cathodic Polarization, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 11(21), pp. 9057-9062. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c02730

APA Citation style: Weber, T., Vonk, V., Abb, M., Evertsson, J., Sandroni, M., Drnec, J., Stierle, A., Lundgren, E., & Over, H. (2020). Extraordinary Stability of IrO2(110) Ultrathin Films Supported on TiO2(110) under Cathodic Polarization. Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 11(21), 9057-9062. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c02730