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NANO RESEARCH
卷 7, 期 1, 页码 71-78出版社
TSINGHUA UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-013-0372-0
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rotating disk electrodes; nanoparticles; electrocatalysis; electrode kinetics; electro-reduction of oxygen; Koutecky-Levich analysis
The application of naive Koutecky-Levich analysis to micro- and nano-particle modified rotating disk electrodes of partially covered and non-planar geometry is critically analysed. Assuming strong overlap of the diffusion fields of the particles such that transport to the entire surface is time-independent and one-dimensional, the observed voltammetric response reflects an apparent electrochemical rate constant k (app) (o) , equal to the true rate constant k (o) describing the redox reaction of interest on the surface of the nanoparticles and the ratio, psi, of the total electroactive surface area to the geometric area of the rotating disk surface. It is demonstrated that Koutecky-Levich analysis is applicable and yields the expected plots of I (-1) versus omega (-1) where I is the current and omega is the rotation speed but that the values of the electrochemical rate constants inferred are thereof k (app) (o) , not k (o). Thus, for psi > 1 apparent electrocatalysis might be naively but wrongly inferred whereas for psi < 1 the deduced electrochemical rate constant will be less than k (o). Moreover, the effect of psi on the observed rotating disk electrode voltammograms is significant, signalling the need for care in the overly simplistic application of Koutecky-Levich analysis to modified rotating electrodes, as is commonly applied for example in the analysis of possible oxygen reduction catalysts.
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