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A Kinetic and AFM Study of the Electrodeposition of Palladium Nanoclusters onto Highly Oriented Pyrolytic Graphite (HOPG)

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In the present work we have carried out a kinetic and morphological study of the palladium electrodeposition onto highly oriented pyrolitic graphite electrode from an aqueous solution [0.001 M PdCl2 + 1 M NH4Cl (pH 7)]. From the potentiostatic study were calculated the diffusion coefficient (3.2 × 10−6 cm2 s−1), the number of active nucleation sites (N 0), the nucleation rate (A) and the rate constant of the proton reduction process (k PR). A, N 0 and k PR values were potential dependent and they increased with an augment in the applied overpotential. At higher overpotential, it is possible to induce the formation of small Pd clusters with 5 nm in height and an average size of 20–30 nm in diameter.

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Acknowledgments

C.H.R.R. is grateful for a postdoctoral fellowship from CONACYT (290616). We gratefully acknowledge financial support from CONACyT projects INFR-2014-227999 and APOY-COMPL-2008 No. 91261 and to the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo in projects PIFI 2008-13M8U0017T-04-01 y PIFI-2009-13MSU0017T-04-01. M.R. acknowledges I.Q. Mario Monroy for the use of the microscopy facilities.

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  1. Área Académica de Química, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo, Carretera Pachuca-Tulancingo. Km. 4.5, CP 42184, Mineral de la Reforma, Mexico

    L. H. Mendoza-Huizar, D. Garrido-Márquez & C. Galán-Vidal

  2. Área Académica de Materiales y Ciencias de la Tierra, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo, Carretera Pachuca-Tulancingo. Km. 4.5, CP 42184, Mineral de la Reforma, Mexico

    C. H. Rios-Reyes

  3. Instituto de Física, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 04510, Mexico, DF, Mexico

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    E. García-Sánchez

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Mendoza-Huizar, L.H., Garrido-Márquez, D., Rios-Reyes, C.H. et al. A Kinetic and AFM Study of the Electrodeposition of Palladium Nanoclusters onto Highly Oriented Pyrolytic Graphite (HOPG). J Clust Sci 26, 337–346 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10876-014-0837-7

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