Research Article

The Redox Chemistry of Ruthenium Dioxide: A Cyclic Voltammetry Study—Review and Revision

Table 3

Calculated electrons for each redox reaction using peak potential differences and calculated charges at different scan rates in 1 M NaOH. For details, compare with Table 1.

Peak1: Ru-H2: possibly Ru(II)/Ru(III)3: Ru2(III)O3/2Ru(IV)O2104: Ru(IV) → Ru(VI)5: Ru(VI)∖Ru(VII)8
mV/sz)(Q)z)z(Q)z)z(Q)z(Q)z)z(Q)z)z(Q)z(Q)

1001.31.00.4(5.8)2.00.40.72.00.62.0(19)2.00.5(7.4)1.00.5(3.0)
200(6.1)0.40.50.21.10.50.82.70.82.01.22.41.0(7.3)1.10.8(3.0)
300(4.5)0.40.50.21.20.60.72.81.01.40.62.31.2(4.7)1.40.92.2
500(2.8)0.80.60.22.70.80.52.51.21.01.02.51.4(4.0)2.01.02.0
1000-0.9-0.42.81.00.72.31.51.00.52.41.7(3.0)2.01.12.0
2000-1.0-0.92.41.00.62.31.71.00.72.51.72.22.01.22.0
3000-1.0-(5.8)2.51.00.71.91.61.10.72.51.71.12.01.02.1
4000-1.0-1.72.50.90.51.51.71.10.52.41.71.12.11.22.2
Approx.≈1≈1 ⋯ 2.5≈0.8 ⋯ 2≈1≈0.8 and ≈2≈1 ⋯ 2≈2
, ±0.04±0.05±0.04±0.15±0.05±0.15±0.04±0.05±0.04±0.05±0.03±0.05±0.03±0.02±0.05±0.02±0.02