Journal
APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
Volume 425, Issue -, Pages 1052-1058Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2017.07.100
Keywords
Iridium coating; MOCVD; Electrode; Pacemaker; Charge storage capacity
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- Russian Federation [SP-3215.2016.4]
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The present work demonstrates the application of the Metal-Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition technique to fabricate metal iridium coatings onto the pole tips of endocardial electrodes. Using iridium (III) acetylacetonate as a volatile precursor, the target coatings were successfully applied to the working surface of cathodes and anodes of pacemaker electrodes in the flow type reactor in hydrogen atmosphere at deposition temperature of 550 degrees C. The coating samples were characterized by means of XRD, SEM, Raman-and XPS-spectroscopies. The formation of non-textured coatings with fractal-like morphology and 7-24 nm crystallite size has been realized. The electrochemical properties of the coatings were investigated by cyclic voltammetry and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. The charge storage capacity values of the electrochemically activated samples were 17.0-115 mC cm(-2) and 14.4-76.5 mC cm(-2) for measurements carried out in 0.1 M sulfuric acid and in phosphate buffer saline solutions, respectively. A comparison of some characteristics of the samples obtained with commercially available cathode of pacemaker electrodes is also presented. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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