Acid stability and oxygen reduction activity of magnetron-sputtered Pt1-xTax (0 ≤ x ≤ 1) films

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作者
Bonakdarpour, A. [1 ]
Loebel, R. [1 ]
Sheng, S. [1 ]
Monchesky, T. L. [1 ]
Dahn, J. R. [1 ]
机构
[1] Dalhousie Univ, Dept Phys, Halifax, NS B3H 3J5, Canada
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10.1149/1.2359689
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O646 [电化学、电解、磁化学];
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081704 ;
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Pt1-xTax (0 <= x <= 1) thin-film libraries were prepared using combinatorial dc magnetron sputtering on a variety of substrates. For x < 0.5, the materials adopted a face-centered cubic structure and for x > 0.5 a nanocrystalline phase of Pt1-xTax was observed. The bulk composition of the films obtained by electron microprobe before and after treatment in 0.5 M H2SO4 at 80 degrees C showed no detectable dissolution of Ta at any x in Pt1-xTax. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy of acid-treated samples revealed that for regions with high Ta content (x > 0.5), full oxidation of surface Ta had occurred. The samples, when used as oxygen-reduction electrocatalysts, also showed corrosion stability; however, the addition of Ta significantly lowered the activity towards oxygen reduction reaction for x > 0.1 in Pt1-xTax. (c) 2006 The Electrochemical Society.
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页码:A2304 / A2313
页数:10
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