Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry

, Volume 22, Issue 1, pp 81–89 | Cite as

Oxygen reduction on electrodeposited silver catalysts in alkaline solution

  • Jonas Mart Linge
  • Heiki Erikson
  • Jekaterina Kozlova
  • Jaan Aruväli
  • Väino Sammelselg
  • Kaido Tammeveski
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Abstract

In this study, silver was electrochemically deposited onto glassy carbon (GC) substrate using constant potential regime and tested for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in alkaline media. The surface morphology of Ag/GC electrodes was studied by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). It was established that after 10 s of deposition, a number of Ag nanoparticles with the size of 15 nm are produced that grow to about 45 nm after 300 s of electrodeposition. The ORR studies were conducted in 0.1 M KOH solution employing the rotating disk electrode (RDE) method. The Tafel slope at low current densities for electrodeposited silver is in the range from −70 to −80 mV. The RDE measurements showed that the electron transfer number (n) is 3.5 for smaller amounts of electrodeposited Ag, and it increases with increasing the loading of Ag on the GC surface. These n values suggest that the electroreduction of oxygen on Ag/GC electrodes proceeds mainly to water.

Keywords

Electrodeposition Ag nanoparticles Silver catalyst Oxygen reduction Electrocatalysis 
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Acknowledgements

This research was financially supported by institutional research funding (IUT20-16 and IUT2-24) of the Estonian Ministry of Education and Research. This research was also supported by the EU through the European Regional Development Fund (TK141 “Advanced materials and high-technology devices for energy recuperation systems”).

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Jonas Mart Linge
    • 1
  • Heiki Erikson
    • 1
  • Jekaterina Kozlova
    • 2
  • Jaan Aruväli
    • 3
  • Väino Sammelselg
    • 1
    • 2
  • Kaido Tammeveski
    • 1
  1. 1.University of TartuInstitute of ChemistryTartuEstonia
  2. 2.University of TartuInstitute of PhysicsTartuEstonia
  3. 3.University of TartuInstitute of Ecology and Earth SciencesTartuEstonia

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