Electrocatalytic oxygen reduction was studied on a RuxFeySez(CO)n cluster catalyst with Vulcan carbon powder dispersed into a Nafion film coated on a glassy carbon electrode. The synthesis of the electrocatalyst as a mixture of crystallites and amorphous nanoparticles was carried out by refluxing the transition metal carbonyl compounds in an organic solvent. Electrocatalysis by the cluster compound is discussed, based on the results of rotating disc electrode measurements in a 0.5 M H2SO4. A Tafel slope of −80.00±4.72 mV dec−1 and an exchange current density of 1.1±0.17×10−6 mA cm−2 was calculated from the mass transfer-corrected curve. It was found that the electrochemical reduction reaction follows the kinetics of a multielectronic (n=4e−) charge transfer process producing water, i.e. O2+4H++4e−→2H2O.
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González-Cruz, R., Solorza-Feria, O. Oxygen reduction in acid media by a RuxFeySez(CO)n cluster catalyst dispersed on a glassy carbon-supported Nafion film. J Solid State Electrochem 7, 289–295 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-003-0353-4
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