Abstract
Abstract Electrolysis of suspensions of Co3O4 particles in Pb2+-containing electrolytes has been used for depositing PbO2 + Co3O4 composite layers on Ni rotating dise anodes. A sufficiently high angular speed of the electrode is necessary to obtain layers of homogeneous thickness and Co3O4 concentration. The volume fraction of Co3O4 particles in the deposit α reaches a limiting value of ca. 0.1 when the volume fraction of particles in suspension C exceeds 0.008. The current density j has little effect on α as long as it is in the range 1 to 20 mA cm−2; if j increases further, α decreases. PbO2 + Co3O4 composite layers have been studied as electrode materials for the oxygen evolution reaction (mainly in NaOH solution). The overpotential and Tafel slope decrease upon increasing α. At a fixed potential, j is roughly proportional to OH− concentration. The PbO2 + Co3O4 electrode performance is fairly stable at 25°C but declines with time at higher temperature.
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