Parallel Screening of Electrocatalyst Candidates Using Bipolar Electrochemistry

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• 作者：Stephen E. Fosdick ; Sean P. Berglund ; C. Buddie Mullins ; Richard M. Crooks
• 刊名：Analytical Chemistry
• 出版年：2013
• 出版时间：February 19, 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：85
• 期：4
• 页码：2493-2499
• 全文大小：450K
• 年卷期：v.85,no.4(February 19, 2013)
• ISSN：1520-6882

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Here we report simultaneous screening of bimetallic electrocatalyst candidates for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) using bipolar electrochemistry. The analysis is carried out by dispensing different bimetallic precursor compositions onto the cathodic poles of an array of bipolar electrodes (BPEs) and then heating them in a reducing atmosphere to yield the catalyst candidates. Because BPEs do not require a direct electrical connection for activation, up to 33 electrocatalysts can be screened simultaneously by applying a voltage to the electrolyte solution in which the BPE array is immersed. The screening of the electrocatalyst candidates can be achieved in about 10 min. The current required to drive the ORR arises from oxidation of Cr microbands present at the anodic poles of the BPEs. Therefore, the most effective electrocatalysts result in oxidation (dissolution) of the most microbands, and simply counting the microbands remaining at the end of the screen provides information about the onset potential required to reduce oxygen. Here, we evaluated three Pd鈥揗 (M = Au, Co, W) bimetallic electrocatalysts. In principle, arbitrarily large libraries of electrocatalysts can be screened using this approach.