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CHEMICAL SCIENCE
卷 4, 期 6, 页码 2334-2343出版社
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c3sc50301a
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- BioSolar Cells open innovation consortium
- Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation
- Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO)
- National Research School Catalysis (NRSC)
- Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) [L-11527]
- NWO
In this paper we study through a multiplicity of experimental and theoretical techniques the electrochemical evolution of oxygen on gold, the metal on which water splitting was initially discovered more than two centuries ago. The evidence obtained with a combination of in situ surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy, online electrochemical mass spectrometry and density functional theory calculations suggests the existence of several mechanisms for the evolution of O-2 on Au electrodes, depending on the electrode potential. Significantly, at approximately 2.0 V vs. RHE the first O-2 that is evolved consists of two oxygens from the surface oxide, suggesting an oxide decomposition or oxide disproportionation step. At somewhat higher potentials, O-2 is formed by a combination of oxygen from the oxide lattice and oxygen provided by water. The oxide decomposition step implies a more three-dimensional mechanism for oxygen evolution than suggested in previous mechanisms, which involve only surface-adsorbed intermediates.
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