Oxidation of Platinum in the Epitaxial Model System Pt(111)/YSZ(111): Quantitative Analysis of an Electrochemically Driven PtOxFormation
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Abstract
The oxidation of platinum (Pt) plays a key role in electrochemistry, both in the solid and liquid state, and in surface science. This work provides a comprehensive comparison of current knowledge of Pt oxidation in these three fields. By presenting new data of the solid state epitaxial model-type interface Pt(111)/yttria-stabilized zironia (YSZ(111)), fundamental insights are obtained: (i) analogous features in cyclic voltammograms of the interfaces Pt(111)/acid aqueous electrolyte and Pt(111)/YSZ(111) are correlated and their differences explained. (ii) By comparing the cathodic peak shapes of cyclic voltammograms of Pt/YSZ to temperature-programmed desorption spectra, the peaks can be attributed to an adsorption and an oxide-like state of oxygen. (iii) The linearity between the accumulation of oxygen at the Pt electrode and the logarithm of polarization time for sufficiently high anodic potentials, which is well-known in aqueous electrochemistry, is also found at the interface Pt/YSZ for the first time, and the mechanism leading to this time law is discussed.
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