Experimental Protocol for HOR and ORR in Alkaline Electrochemical Measurements

Abstract

This work revises the essentials of electrocatalytic electrochemical measurement done in alkaline electrolytes. The hydrogen oxidation reaction (HOR) and the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) were considered as a baseline to understand some key critical factors in a half-cell system. The material considered herein was essentially the carbon supported platinum nanoparticles as benchmark material. The main electrochemical techniques considered were cyclic voltammetry (CV) and the rotating disk electrode (RDE). The critical factors considered were the electrochemical cell vessel, reference electrode, nature of the cation in the alkaline electrolyte, and ohmic drop correction. (C) The Author(s) 2018. Published by ECS.