• 대한화학회지
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• 제60권5호
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• pp.310-316
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• 2016

Oxidation-reduction cycling (ORC) procedures are widely used for cleaning nanoparticle surfaces when investigating their electrocatalytic activities. In this work, the effect of ORC on the surface structures and electrocatalytic oxygen reduction activity of Au electrodes is analyzed. Different structural changes and variations in electrocatalysis are observed depending on the initial structure of the Au electrodes, such as flat bulk, nanoporous, nanoplate, or dendritic Au. In particular, dendritic Au structures lost their sharp-edge morphology during the ORC process, resulting in a significant decrease in its electrocatalytic oxygen reduction activity. The results shown in this paper provide an insight into the pretreatment of nanoparticle-based electrodes during investigation of their electrocatalytic activities.

• Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.88-94
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• 2015

In this study we investigated the electrocatalytic oxidation of saccharose on conductive polymer- Nickel oxide modified graphite electrodes based on the ability of anionic surfactants to form micelles in aqueous media. This NiO modified electrode showed higher electrocatalytic activity than Ni rode electrode in electrocatalytic oxidation of saccharose. The anodic peak currents show linear dependency with the square root of scan rate. This behavior is the characteristic of a diffusion controlled process. Under the CA regime the reaction followed a Cottrellian behavior and the diffusion coefficient of saccharose was found in agreement with the values obtained from CV measurements.

• Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.170-176
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• 2019

Alkanethiol self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) and partially ferrocene (Fc) modifications were applied to the Au ultramicroelectrode (UME) rather than to standard sized electrodes with dimension of millimeters. The electron transfer mediation of the SAMs and Fc modified Au UME was investigated by using a p-aminophenol (p-AP) oxidation reaction via cyclic voltammetry. The electrocatalytic p-AP oxidation at the SAMs and Fc modified Au UME showed a much larger electrocatalytic current density than that at the standard sized electrode due to the fast mass transfer rate at the UME.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.172-177
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• 1985

안티몬이 첨가된 산화주석 얇은막 전극의 반도체적 성질을 조사하고 이산화황의 산화반응에 대한 이 전극의 전기화학적 촉매작용을 여러가지 조건하에서 조사하였다. $SO_2$(또는 아황산염)를 포함하는 전해질 용액의 pH가 증가함에 따라 점차로 낮은 전위에서 산화가 일어났으며 이 전극은 염기성 용액에서 $SO_3^=$의 산화에 대하여 뚜렷한 전기촉매 작용을 나타내었으며 이 전기촉매 작용은 백금이나 팔라듐 전극의 촉매작용과는 다른 특성을 보여주었다. 백금이나 팔라듐이 이 전극에 첨가된 경우에는 이들 금속이 전극표면에 노출된 양에 비례하는 효과만이 나타났다.

• 전기화학회지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.70-73
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• 2013

산화 이리듐은 물의 산화반응에 대해 좋은 전기촉매 물질로서 많은 연구가 이루어 지고 있다. 최근 전기화학적 증폭방법을 이용하여 산화 이리듐 나노입자의 개별적인 촉매특성을 연구한 결과를 보면 촉매반응에 의한 전류가 지속적으로 유지되지 않고 시간에 따라 감소하는 결과가 얻어 졌다. 이러한 촉매특성의 사라짐에 대한 원인을 규명하고자 사이즈가 큰 이리듐전극을 산화시킨 산화이리듐 전극에서 물의 산화반응을 진행시켰다. 그 결과 나노입자에서와 유사하게 전류가 감소하는 현상이 관찰되었다. 큰 전극에서의 실험에서는 발생하는 산소방울을 관찰 할 수 있었는데 산소방울의 발생 주기가 전류의 증감주기와 일치하는 것으로 보아 전류의 감소는 산소방울에 의한 버블 과전압 때문으로 생각된다.

• 전기화학회지
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.209-215
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• 2014

전기화학적 석출 방법을 이용하여 indium tin oxide 표면에 백금 나노구조를 형성하고 총 석출전하량을 조절하여 형성되는 나노구조의 변화에 따른 전기화학적 메탄올 산화 반응과 산소 환원반응에 대한 촉매 활성의 변화를 관찰하였다. 석출 전하량의 변화에 따라 생성되는 백금 나노구조체 표면의 특성을 주사 전자 현미경, 전기화학적 표면적 측정, X-선 회절법, 일산화탄소 벗김분석을 통해 규명하고 전기화학적 촉매 활성과의 연계성을 조사하였다. 전기화학적 촉매 활성은 형성된 백금 나노구조에 따라 달라지는데, 석출 전하량 $0.45C\;cm^{-2}$에 해당하는 백금 나노구조에서 가장 우수한 촉매 활성이 관찰되었다. 전하량에 따른 표면적의 변화보다 형성된 구조적 특이성과 결정면이 촉매 활성에 많은 영향을 미쳤다. 세밀한 백금 나노구조의 변화에 따른 전기화학적 촉매 활성 변화에 관한 본 연구결과는 보다 우수한 촉매 시스템을 고안하는 연구에 도움이 될 것이다.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2009년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.369-372
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• 2009

In the present study, the effect of chemical treatment on graphite nanofibers (GNFs) supports with various concentrated nitric acids was investigated for methanol oxidation. To optimize the electrocatalytic activity, PtRu catalysts were deposited on GNF supports by impregnation method. The surface and structural properties of the GNF supports were characterized by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), element analyzer (EA), and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The morphology of the catalysts was observed by means of transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The electrocatalytic activity of PtRu/GNF catalysts was investigated by cyclic voltammetry measurement. As a result, the oxygen functional groups were introduced on the GNF supports and were gradually increased with increasing of concentrated nitric acid, causing the smaller particle size and higher loading level. And the electrocatalytic activity of the catalysts for methanol oxidation was gradually improved. Consequently, it was found that chemical treatments could influence on surface properties of the carbon supports, resulting in enhancing the electrocatalytic activity of the catalysts for DMFCs.

• Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.24-28
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• 2012

The electrocatalytic activities and surface roughness of indium-tin-oxide (ITO) electrodes have been investigated after thermal treatment at 100, 150, or $200^{\circ}C$ for 30 min, 2 h, or 8 h. To check electrocatalytic activities, the electrochemical behavior of four electroactive species (p-hydroquinone, $Ru(NH_3){_6}^{3+}$, ferrocenemethanol, and $Fe(CN){_6}^{4-}$) has been measured. The electron transfer rate for p-hydroquinone oxidation and ferrocenemethanol oxidation increases with increasing the incubation temperature and the incubation period of time, but the rate for $Ru(NH_3){_6}^{3+}$ is similar irrespective of the incubation temperature and period because $Ru(NH_3){_6}^{3+}$ undergoes a fast outer-sphere reaction. Overall, the electrocatalytic activities of ITO electrodes increase with increasing the incubation temperature and period. The surface roughness of ITO electrodes increases with increasing the incubation temperature, and the thermal treatment generates many towering pillars as high as several tens of nanometer.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제23권12호
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• pp.1842-1844
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• 2002

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2013년도 제44회 동계 정기학술대회 초록집
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• pp.133-133
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• 2013

For both oxygen reduction (ORR) and hydrogen oxidation reactions (HOR) of proton electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs), alloying Pt with another transition metal usually results in a higher activity relative to pure Pt, mainly due to electronic modification of Pt and bifunctional behaviour of alloy surface for ORR and HOR, respectively. However, activity and stability are closely related to the preparation of alloy nanoparticles. Preparation conditions of alloy nanoparticles have strong influence on surface composition, oxidation state, nanoparticle size, shape, and contamination, which result from a large difference in redox priority of metal precursors, intrinsic properties of metals, increasedreactivity of nanocrystallites, and interactions with constituents for the synthesis such as solvent, stabilizer, and reducing agent, etc. Carbon-supported Pt-Ni alloy nanoparticles were prepared by the borohydride reduction method in anhydrous solvent. Pt-Ru alloy nanoparticles supported on carbon black were also prepared by the similar synthetic method to that of Pt-Ni. Since electrocatalytic reactions are strongly dependent on the surface structure of metal catalysts, the atom-leveled design of the surface structure plays a significant role in a high catalytic activity and the utilization of electrocatalysts. Therefore, surface-modified electrocatalysts have attracted much attention due to their unique structure and new electronic and electrocatalytic properties. The carbon-supported Au and Pd nanoparticles were adapted as the substrate and the successive reduction process was used for depositing Pt and PtM (M=Ru, Pd, and Rh) bimetallic elements on the surface of Au and Pd nanoparticles. Distinct features of the overlayers for electrocatalytic activities including methanol oxidation, formic acid oxidation, and oxygen reduction were investigated.