Abstract
The mechanism of the electrochemical adsorption of bisulfate, sulfate, and oxygen on polycrystalline gold in H2SO4 (0.5 M) was modeled using a mechanistic analysis of potentiodynamic polarization and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy data acquired at multiple dc potentials in the electric double-layer and pre-oxide formation region. Electrochemical quartz-crystal microgravimetry and optical ellipsometry provided evidence for the potential-dependent adsorption of solution species on the gold surface. Also, despite the high surface coverages of oxygen on the electrode surfaces, dissolution was observed over the entire the potential region studied. The anion-catalyzed active dissolution model accounts well for the experimentally observed current density and fractional surface coverages.
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