The evaluation of surface diffusion coefficients of gold and platinum atoms at electrochemical interfaces from combined STM-SEM imaging and electrochemical techniques
A simple method is presented for measuring the surface diffusion coefficients of Au and Pt atoms at electrodispersed electrodes of the same metals in contact with 0.5M H<sub>2</sub>SO<sub>4</sub>. The technique is based upon the time dependence of the surface roughness factor...
| Autores: | , , , , , , |
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 1990 |
| País: | Argentina |
| Institución: | Universidad Nacional de La Plata |
| Repositorio: | SEDICI (UNLP) |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:sedici.unlp.edu.ar:10915/79873 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/79873 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Ciencias Exactas Química Oro Platino (Metal) Electrodos Evaluación Electroquímica Técnicas Electroquímicas scanning tunneling microscopy scanning electron microscopy |
| Sumario: | A simple method is presented for measuring the surface diffusion coefficients of Au and Pt atoms at electrodispersed electrodes of the same metals in contact with 0.5M H<sub>2</sub>SO<sub>4</sub>. The technique is based upon the time dependence of the surface roughness factor of electrodispersed metal overlayers. The method requires a model for the surface roughness of the metal structure. The model is deduced from microscopic measurements by a STM integrated into a conventional SEM microscope. This allows the relationship between the roughness factor and the area of the surface structure to be obtained. For Au and Pt in contact with an electrolyte solution, the values of our diffusion coefficients are higher than those reported in vacuum at the same temperature. |
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