Research Article

Oxygen-Containing Nanoclusters on the Surface of Pt-Electrodes and Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Alkaline Medium

Table 2

Potentials of intervals of cyclic voltammograms and peaks potentials of anodic and cathodic currents at various temperatures on monocrystalline [7, 8] and polycrystalline [3, 10] Pt-electrodes.

Electrode materialsTemperature, KPotentials, V (vs RHE)
IntervalPeak IPeak II
anodic branchcathodic branchanodic branchcathodic branch

Pt(111)2930.6–1.10.780.781.051.00
3330.780.780.950.90
Pt(110)2930.2–1.00.300.450.750.65
3330.250.500.750.70
Pt(100)2930.2–1.10.600.601.000.95
3330.600.600.980.95
Pt smooth2930.5–1.20.7Absence of peak1.10.80

values are approximate; they are results of author’s processing of graphical data from publications [3, 7, 8, 10]; defined peak; are significant currents between peaks I and II on cyclic voltammograms’ anodic branches for Pt(110) and Pt(100) monocrystalline and polycrystalline Pt-electrodes.