Electrochimica Acta, Vol.56, No.1, 285-290, 2010
Kinetics of oxygen reduction reaction at electrochemically fabricated tin-palladium bimetallic electrocatalyst in acidic media
In the present article, oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) at electrochemically fabricated tin-palladium (Sn-Pd) bimetallic electrocatalyst-modified glassy carbon (GC) electrode (Sn-Pd/GC electrode) in acidic media is addressed. Hydrodynamic voltammetric measurements were employed with a view to evaluating various kinetic parameters of the ORR at the Sn-Pd/GC electrode. The obtained results obviously demonstrated that the Sn-Pd bimetallic electrocatalyt substantially promoted the activity of the GC electrode and drove the ORR through an exclusive one-step four-electron pathway forming H2O as the final product. (C) 2010 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
Keywords:Bimetallic electrocatalysts;Oxygen reduction reaction;Electrocatalysis;Hydrodynamic voltammetry;Kinetics of oxygen reduction reaction