dc.contributor.author | LYONS, MICHAEL EDWARD | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2009-10-07T18:38:20Z | |
dc.date.available | 2009-10-07T18:38:20Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2008 | |
dc.date.submitted | 2008 | en |
dc.identifier.citation | Michael E G Lyons Michael P Brandon `The oxygen evolution reaction on passive oxide covered transition metal electrodes in aqueous alkaline solution. Part 1 ? Nickel? in International Journal of Electrochemical Science, 3, 2008, pp 1386 - 1424 | en |
dc.identifier.other | Y | en |
dc.identifier.other | Y | |
dc.identifier.other | 61801 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2262/33829 | |
dc.description | PUBLISHED | en |
dc.description.abstract | Various aspects of the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) at passive oxide covered polycrystalline Ni
electrodes in aqueous alkaline solution were investigated using electrochemical techniques. Steady
state polarisation and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) were used to measure kinetically
significant parameters including the Tafel slope and the reaction order with respect to OH- activity.
While reproducible values of the Tafel slope were readily observed, the recorded current density at a
given applied potential displayed considerable variability over the course of a number of polarisation
experiments, rendering difficult the extraction of the experimental reaction order parameter. This
problem was resolved by applying relatively mild electrochemical pre-treatment routines to the
working electrode. Cyclic voltammetry was used to probe the important issue of the interplay between
the nickel oxy-hydroxide surface electrochemistry and the activity of the electrode for the OER. A
current transient decay method was employed to estimate the electrode roughness factor. Amongst the
mechanistic pathways proposed for the OER in the literature, only two are consistent with the
experimental results reported here. The relative merits of these two pathways are discussed and the
most likely is identified. The well known Krasil?shchikov mechanism is not suggested. | en |
dc.format.extent | 996529 bytes | |
dc.format.extent | 1386 | en |
dc.format.extent | 1424 | en |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | Electrochemical Science Group | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | International Journal of Electrochemical Science | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | 3 | en |
dc.rights | Y | en |
dc.subject | oxygen evolution electrocatalysis, oxidized nickel electrodes, transition metal electrochemistry, oxygen evolution mechanisms | en |
dc.title | The oxygen evolution reaction on passive oxide covered transition metal electrodes in aqueous alkaline solution. Part 1 - Nickel | en |
dc.type | Journal Article | en |
dc.contributor.sponsor | Enterprise Ireland | en |
dc.contributor.sponsor | Irish Research Council for Science Engineering and Technology | |
dc.contributor.sponsor | Higher Education Authority | en |
dc.type.supercollection | scholarly_publications | en |
dc.type.supercollection | refereed_publications | en |
dc.identifier.peoplefinderurl | http://people.tcd.ie/melyons | |