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Arulmozhi N, Hanselman S, Tudor V, Chen X, van Velden D, Schneider GF, Calle-Vallejo F, Koper MTM. Energetics and Kinetics of Hydrogen Electrosorption on a Graphene-Covered Pt(111) Electrode. JACS AU 2023; 3:526-535. [PMID: 36873699 PMCID: PMC9976337 DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.2c00648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2022] [Revised: 12/27/2022] [Accepted: 12/28/2022] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
Abstract
The Angstrom-scale space between graphene and its substrate provides an attractive playground for scientific exploration and can lead to breakthrough applications. Here, we report the energetics and kinetics of hydrogen electrosorption on a graphene-covered Pt(111) electrode using electrochemical experiments, in situ spectroscopy, and density functional theory calculations. The graphene overlayer influences the hydrogen adsorption on Pt(111) by shielding the ions from the interface and weakening the Pt-H bond energy. Analysis of the proton permeation resistance with controlled graphene defect density proves that the domain boundary defects and point defects are the pathways for proton permeation in the graphene layer, in agreement with density functional theory (DFT) calculations of the lowest energy proton permeation pathways. Although graphene blocks the interaction of anions with the Pt(111) surfaces, anions do adsorb near the defects: the rate constant for hydrogen permeation is sensitively dependent on anion identity and concentration.
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- Nakkiran Arulmozhi
- Leiden
Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9502, Leiden 2300 RA, The Netherlands
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- Leiden
Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9502, Leiden 2300 RA, The Netherlands
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- Leiden
Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9502, Leiden 2300 RA, The Netherlands
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- Leiden
Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9502, Leiden 2300 RA, The Netherlands
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- Leiden
Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9502, Leiden 2300 RA, The Netherlands
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- Leiden
Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9502, Leiden 2300 RA, The Netherlands
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- Department
of Materials Science and Chemical Physics & Institute of Theoretical
and Computational Chemistry (IQTCUB), University
of Barcelona, Martí i Franquès 1, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
- Nano-Bio
Spectroscopy Group and European Theoretical Spectroscopy Facility
(ETSF), Department of Polymers and Advanced Materials: Physics, Chemistry
and Technology, University of the Basque
Country UPV/EHU, Av. Tolosa 72, 20018 San Sebastián, Spain
- IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Plaza de Euskadi 5, 48009 Bilbao, Spain
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- Leiden
Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9502, Leiden 2300 RA, The Netherlands
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Safonov VA, Lipkowski J. On the Thermodynamics of Hydrogen Adsorption at Pt Electrodes. RUSS J ELECTROCHEM+ 2022. [DOI: 10.1134/s1023193522100111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Eslamibidgoli MJ, Huang J, Kowalski PM, Eikerling MH, Groß A. Deprotonation and cation adsorption on the NiOOH/water interface: A grand-canonical first-principles investigation. Electrochim Acta 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2021.139253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Gossenberger F, Juarez F, Groß A. Sulfate, Bisulfate, and Hydrogen Co-adsorption on Pt(111) and Au(111) in an Electrochemical Environment. Front Chem 2020; 8:634. [PMID: 32850652 PMCID: PMC7411137 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2020.00634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2020] [Accepted: 06/18/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The co-adsorption of sulfate, bisulfate and hydrogen on Pt(111) and Au(111) electrodes was studied based on periodic density functional calculations with the aqueous electrolyte represented by both explicit and implicit solvent models. The influence of the electrochemical control parameters such as the electrode potential and pH was taken into account in a grand-canonical approach. Thus, phase diagrams of the stable coadsorption phases as a function of the electrochemical potential and Pourbaix diagrams have been derived which well reproduce experimental findings. We demonstrate that it is necessary to include explicit water molecules in order to determine the stable adsorbate phases as the (bi)sulfate adsorbates rows become significantly stabilized by bridging water molecules.
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- Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany
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- Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany
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Liu J, Huang Y. Oxygen Reduction Reaction on PtCo Nanocatalyst: (Bi)sulfate Anion Poisoning. NANOSCALE RESEARCH LETTERS 2018; 13:156. [PMID: 29777393 PMCID: PMC5959827 DOI: 10.1186/s11671-018-2574-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2018] [Accepted: 05/09/2018] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Pt alloy electrocatalysts are susceptible to anion adsorption in the working environment of fuel cells. In this work, the unavoidable bisulfate and sulfate ((bi)sulfate) poisoning of the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) on a common PtCo nanocatalyst was studied by the rotating disk electrode (RDE) technique, for the first time to the best of our knowledge. The specific activity decreases linearly with the logarithm of (bi)sulfate concentration under various high potentials. This demonstrates that the (bi)sulfate adsorption does not affect the free energy of ORR activation at a given potential. Moreover, it is speculated that these two conditions, the adsorption of one O2 molecule onto two Pt sites and this adsorption as a rate-determining step of ORR reaction, are unlikely to exist simultaneously.
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- Jie Liu
- Centre of Flexible and Printable Electronics, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen, 518055, China
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Centre of Flexible and Printable Electronics, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen, 518055, China.
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen, 518055, China.
- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Welding and Joining, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen, 518055, China.
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Lin WC, Brondum K, Monroe CW, Burns MA. Multifunctional Water Sensors for pH, ORP, and Conductivity Using Only Microfabricated Platinum Electrodes. SENSORS 2017; 17:s17071655. [PMID: 28753913 PMCID: PMC5539692 DOI: 10.3390/s17071655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2017] [Revised: 06/23/2017] [Accepted: 06/28/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Monitoring of the pH, oxidation-reduction-potential (ORP), and conductivity of aqueous samples is typically performed using multiple sensors. To minimize the size and cost of these sensors for practical applications, we have investigated the use of a single sensor constructed with only bare platinum electrodes deposited on a glass substrate. The sensor can measure pH from 4 to 10 while simultaneously measuring ORP from 150 to 800 mV. The device can also measure conductivity up to 8000 μS/cm in the range of 10 °C to 50 °C, and all these measurements can be made even if the water samples contain common ions found in residential water. The sensor is inexpensive (i.e., ~$0.10/unit) and has a sensing area below 1 mm2, suggesting that the unit is cost-efficient, robust, and widely applicable, including in microfluidic systems.
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- Wen-Chi Lin
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
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- Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3PJ, UK.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
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Gisbert R, Boronat-González A, Feliu JM, Herrero E. The Role of Adsorption in the Electrocatalysis of Hydrazine on Platinum Electrodes. ChemElectroChem 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/celc.201600901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Rubén Gisbert
- Instituto de Electroquímica; Universidad de Alicante; Apdo. 99 03080 Alicante Spain
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- Instituto de Electroquímica; Universidad de Alicante; Apdo. 99 03080 Alicante Spain
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- Instituto de Electroquímica; Universidad de Alicante; Apdo. 99 03080 Alicante Spain
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- Instituto de Electroquímica; Universidad de Alicante; Apdo. 99 03080 Alicante Spain
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Gossenberger F, Roman T, Groß A. Hydrogen and halide co-adsorption on Pt(111) in an electrochemical environment: a computational perspective. Electrochim Acta 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2016.08.117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Lopes PP, Strmcnik D, Tripkovic D, Connell JG, Stamenkovic V, Markovic NM. Relationships between Atomic Level Surface Structure and Stability/Activity of Platinum Surface Atoms in Aqueous Environments. ACS Catal 2016. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.5b02920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 152] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Pietro P. Lopes
- Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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Petrii OA. Zero charge potentials of platinum metals and electron work functions (Review). RUSS J ELECTROCHEM+ 2013. [DOI: 10.1134/s1023193513050145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Liu Y, Gokcen D, Bertocci U, Moffat TP. Self-Terminating Growth of Platinum Films by Electrochemical Deposition. Science 2012; 338:1327-30. [DOI: 10.1126/science.1228925] [Citation(s) in RCA: 180] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Korzeniewski C, Climent V, Feliu J. Electrochemistry at Platinum Single Crystal Electrodes. ELECTROANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY: A SERIES OF ADVANCES 2011. [DOI: 10.1201/b11480-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Grozovski V, Vidal-Iglesias FJ, Herrero E, Feliu JM. Adsorption of Formate and Its Role as Intermediate in Formic Acid Oxidation on Platinum Electrodes. Chemphyschem 2011; 12:1641-4. [DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201100257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2011] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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2 Surface Thermodynamics of Metal/Solution Interface: the Untapped Resources. MODERN ASPECTS OF ELECTROCHEMISTRY 2011. [DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-5580-7_2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/12/2023]
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Garcia-Araez N, Climent V, Feliu JM. 1 Temperature Effects on Platinum Single-Crystal/Aqueous Solution Interphases. Combining Gibbs Thermodynamics with Laser-Pulsed Experiments. MODERN ASPECTS OF ELECTROCHEMISTRY 2011. [DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-5580-7_1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Mostany J, Climent V, Herrero E, Feliu JM. Surface excesses at very low concentrations from extrapolation of thermodynamic data: A way to explore beyond practical limits from reliable experimental data. J Electroanal Chem (Lausanne) 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2010.02.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Thermodynamic studies of phosphate adsorption on Pt(111) electrode surfaces in perchloric acid solutions. Electrochim Acta 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2009.05.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Marichev V. First experimental evaluation of partial charge transfer during anion adsorption. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2009.06.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Garcia-Araez N, Climent V, Rodriguez P, Feliu JM. Thermodynamic analysis of (bi)sulphate adsorption on a Pt(111) electrode as a function of pH. Electrochim Acta 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2007.12.086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Garcia-Araez N, Climent V, Herrero E, Feliu J, Lipkowski J. Thermodynamic studies of bromide adsorption at the Pt(111) electrode surface perchloric acid solutions: Comparison with other anions. J Electroanal Chem (Lausanne) 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2006.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Garcia-Araez N, Climent V, Herrero E, Feliu JM, Lipkowski J. Thermodynamic approach to the double layer capacity of a Pt(111) electrode in perchloric acid solutions. Electrochim Acta 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2005.10.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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