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Surface chemistry of RuO 2 /IrO 2 /TiO 2 mixed‐oxide electrodes: secondary ion mass spectrometric study of the changes induced by electrochemical treatment
Author(s) -
Barison S.,
De Battisti A.,
Fabrizio M.,
Daolio S.,
Piccirillo C.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
rapid communications in mass spectrometry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.528
H-Index - 136
eISSN - 1097-0231
pISSN - 0951-4198
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0231(20001215)14:23<2165::aid-rcm148>3.0.co;2-h
Subject(s) - chemistry , electrochemistry , electrode , ion , inorganic chemistry , oxide , organic chemistry
The IrO 2 /RuO 2 /TiO 2 ternary system is well known for its electrocatalytic activity towards oxygen‐ and chlorine‐evolution reactions. Electrochemical processing induces noticeable chemical and morphological modifications on these electrodes, depending on the noble metal oxide content. In this work, cathodic/anodic polarization and the oxygen‐evolution reaction were studied in order to evaluate the electrocatalytic activity at various noble metal oxide percentages. The best performing electrode (30 mol% noble metal oxides) was analyzed before and after electrochemical tests by means of secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) in order to determine the chemical composition modification which occurred on the surface and in deeper regions of the mixed‐oxide film. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.