Abstract
Correlation between Pt oxide and the activity for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) has been investigated on the low index planes of Pt (Pt(111), Pt(100), and Pt(110)) using voltammogram and rotating disk electrode (RDE). Pt oxide is formed by holding the potential at 1.0 V vs. RHE. The ORR activity decreases with the increase of the time of Pt oxide formation. The order of the ORR activity is Pt(100) < Pt(111) < Pt(110) in 0.1 M HClO4 after the formation of Pt oxide. This order is identical with that without Pt oxides. Formation of hardly reducible Pt oxide deactivates the ORR activity on Pt(111) remarkably. The amount of Pt oxides (PtOH, PtO and hardly reducible Pt oxide) increases as Pt(100) < Pt(111) < Pt(110) at 1.0 V.
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