Issue 3, 2020

Phase diagrams and dynamical evolution of the triple-pathway electro-oxidation of formic acid on platinum

Abstract

Recently, an electro-kinetic model based on a specified reaction scheme for the electro-oxidation of formic acid on platinum was reported. The model evaluated three reaction pathways towards the production of CO2: the dehydrogenation and the dehydration of formic acid, and the third and most active pathway includes fast oxidation of the formate ion. Numerical integrations showed that the model is well-suited to describe the experimental results in voltammetric and oscillatory regimes. In the present paper, we provide detailed stability phase diagrams characterizing the dynamical evolution of this system under galvanostatic and potentiostatic regimes. We find the triple-pathway electro-oxidation of formic acid on platinum to have rather intertwined stability phases and, surprisingly, a total absence of chaotic oscillations. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study in this direction using a realistic electrochemical model.

Graphical abstract: Phase diagrams and dynamical evolution of the triple-pathway electro-oxidation of formic acid on platinum

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
04 Aug 2019
Accepted
05 Dec 2019
First published
06 Dec 2019
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2020,22, 1078-1091

Phase diagrams and dynamical evolution of the triple-pathway electro-oxidation of formic acid on platinum

J. G. Freire, A. Calderón-Cárdenas, H. Varela and J. A. C. Gallas, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2020, 22, 1078 DOI: 10.1039/C9CP04324A

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