• Journal of the Korean Electrochemical Society
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• v.4 no.4
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• pp.176-181
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• 2001

This article covers the fundamentals of underpotential deposition (UPD), focussing on the importance of UPD in interfacial electrochemistry. Firstly, this article described the basic concepts of UPD, including underpotential shift and electrosorption valency. Secondly, the present article explained UPD of hydrogen, followed by hydrogen evolution or hydrogen absorption, giving special attention to the adsorption sites of hydrogen on metal surface and the absorption mechanism into Pd. Finally, this article briefly presented the important factors associated with UPD in various fields of interfacial electrochemistry from practical viewpoints.

• Journal of Surface Science and Engineering
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• v.27 no.6
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• pp.335-339
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• 1994

The underpotential deposition of zinc was investigated on carbon steel and nickel. The relationship be-tween the deposition potentials and the corresponding amounts of charge for deposited layers shows a very similar trend to the multilayer adsorption mechanism. The experimental results fit a mathematical model de-rived on the basis of the BET equation for the underpotential deposition.

• Journal of Surface Science and Engineering
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• v.26 no.3
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• pp.135-142
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• 1993

탄소강 및 Nickel 음극에서 아연의 전착특성에 대하여 조사하였다. 황산아연 및 염화아연용액속에서 회전전극을 사용하여 실험한 결과 아연의 평형전위 이전에서 전착이 일어나는 소위 Underpotential Deposition 현상이 관찰되었다. 또한 이렇게 전착이 일어난 아연층은 평형상태에서 일정한 두께로 제한되는데 전착전압에 따른 전착층의 전하량을 계산한 결과 다층흡착구조과 유사한 경향을 나타내었다.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.17 no.12
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• pp.1091-1093
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• 1996

• Advances in materials Research
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.1-12
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• 2012

There have been many efforts on the generating metal nanocrystals enclosed by high-index facets for the use as highly active catalysts. This paper describes a facile synthesis of Au trisoctahedra with high-index facets. In brief, the Au trisoctahdra were prepared by reduction of $HAuCl_4$ in N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) containing poly (vinyl pyrrolidone) (PVP) and trace amount of $AgNO_3$. The Ag ions in the reaction solution played a critical role in controlling the trisoctahedral shape of the final product by underpotential deposition (UPD) on the Au surfaces. The as-prepared Au trisoctahedra were single crystal and enclosed by high-index {441}, {773} and {331} facets.

• Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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• v.11 no.2
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• pp.165-171
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• 2020

The electrochemical preparation and spectroscopic characterisation of iridium-antimony (Ir-Sb) species is important owing to their potential applications as nanostructure materials. Nanostructures, i.e. nanoflower and nanodisk, of Ir-Sb were electrodeposited on conductive substrates using a practical electrochemical method based on the simultaneous underpotential deposition (UPD) of Ir and Sb from the IrCl₃ and Sb₂O₃ at a constant potential. Electrochemical UPD mechanism of Ir-Sb was studied using cyclic voltammetry and potential-controlled electrochemical deposition techniques. Herein, X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, energy dispersive spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron and Raman spectroscopy were used to determine the morphological and structural properties of the electrochemically-synthesised Ir-Sb nanostructures.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.39-42
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• 1996

A new oscillator for electrochemical quartz crystal microbalance (EQCM) was developed by using an operational amplifier without any LC component. The home-made EQCM using this oscillator showed only 0.02 Hz frequency noise at 0.3 s gate time when a 6 MHz AT-cut crystal was used. Pb underpotential deposition on gold substrate in nitric acid media was examined to demonstrate the performance of this EQCM. The derivative of frequency change could be obtained without averaging multiple scans.

• Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.206-213
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• 2019

The development of simple methods for As detection has received great attention because As is a toxic chemical element causing environmental and health-related issues. In this work, the effect of nanostructures of Au electrodes on their electroanalytical performance during As detection was investigated. Different Au nanostructures with various surface morphologies such as nanoplate Au, nanospike Au, and dendritic Au structures were prepared, and their electrochemical behaviors toward square-wave anodic stripping voltammetric As detection were examined. The difference in intrinsic efficiency for As detection between nanostructured and flat Au electrodes was explained based on the crystallographic orientations of Au surfaces, as examined by the underpotential deposition of Pb. The most efficient As detection performance was obtained with nanoplate Au electrodes, and the effects of the pre-deposition time and interference on As detection of the nanoplate Au electrodes were also investigated.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2011.08a
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• pp.210-210
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• 2011

Ultrasmall electodes are of great importance for basic electrochemical study and applications. We fabricated single crystal (111) Au nanowire (NW) by growth mechanism on substrate without any catalyst. Consequently, these high aspect NW combined with tungsten microwire and the electrodes having NW tip on their end were obtained. These single crystal Au (111) NWs were characterized by electron microscope and electrochemical analysis. We show that precise electrochemical measurement could be possible on these NW electrode by obtaining underpotential deposition (UPD) and ferricyanide CV profiles on the electrode. The immersed depth of electrode into solution was controlled in micrometer scale by piezo-driven manipulator.

• Journal of the Korean Electrochemical Society
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• v.5 no.4
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• pp.221-225
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• 2002

Assisted by the highly sensitive confocal microprobe Raman spectrometer and proper surface roughening procedure, the Raman investigation on the adsorption and reaction of methanol was performed on Pt-Ru electrodes with different coverages. A detailed description of the roughening process of the Pt electrodes and the underpotential deposition of the Ru was given. Reasonably good Raman signal reflecting the metal-carbon vibration and CO vibration was detected. The appearance of vibrations of the Ru oxides, together with the existence of Ru-C, Pt-C and CO bands, clearly demonstrates the participation of the bi-functional mechanism during the oxidation process of methanol on Pt-Ru electrodes. The Pt-Ru electrode was found to have a higher catalytic activity over Pt electrodes. This preliminary study shows that electrochemical Raman spectroscopy can be applied to the study of rough electrode surface.