Au(111) - \(0.1 \; \mathrm{M}\) \(\ce{ H2SO4 }\)

echemdb identifier: cuesta_2000_the_5684_f3a_black
tags: BCV

A cyclic voltammogramm for Au(111) recorded in \(0.1 \; \mathrm{M}\) \(\ce{ H2SO4 }\) at a scan rate of \(10 \; \mathrm{mV\,s^{-1}}\) from Figure 3a in A. Cuesta et al. The adsorption of sulfate and phosphate on Au\(111\) and Au\(100\) electrodes: an in situ STM study. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2\(24\):5684–5690, 2000. URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/B006464P, doi:10.1039/b006464p.

Further information

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The Au(111) electrode was prepared by:
* Annealed in a hydrogen flame for 6 min.
* Cooled down in nitrogen stream.

Metadata

Details on the electrochemical system (yaml)

electrodes:
- function: reference electrode
  name: REF
  type: Pt wire
- function: counter electrode
  material: Pt
  name: CE
- crystallographicOrientation: '111'
  function: working electrode
  geometricElectrolyteContactArea:
    unit: cm-2
  material: Au
  name: WE
  preparationProcedure:
    description:
    - Annealed in a hydrogen flame for 6 min.
    - Cooled down in nitrogen stream.
  shape:
    diameter:
      unit: mm
      value: 12
    type: cylinder
  source:
    manufacturer: Mateck
electrolyte:
  comment: The electrolyte was at room temperature.
  components:
  - name: H2O
    proportion:
      unit: volume percent
      value: 100
    purity:
      totalIonConductivity:
        unit: MOhm cm
        value: 18.2
      totalOrganicCarbon:
        unit: ppb
        value: 3
    source:
      purity:
        grade: ultrapure water
      refinement: Milli-Q
    type: solvent
  - concentration:
      unit: mol L-1
      value: 0.1
    name: H2SO4
    source:
      purity:
        grade: Suprapur
      supplier: Merck
    type: acid
  ph:
    comment: "Estimated with CurTiPot on extraction from publication using a temperature\
      \ of 25\xB0C."
    value: 1.038
  temperature:
    unit: deg_C
    value: 25
  type: aqueous
type: electrochemical

Citation key (bibtex)

@article{cuesta_2000_the_5684,
    author = "Cuesta, Angel and Kleinert, Markus and Kolb, Dieter M.",
    title = "The adsorption of sulfate and phosphate on Au(111) and Au(100) electrodes: an in situ STM study",
    volume = "2",
    ISSN = "1463-9084",
    url = "http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/B006464P",
    DOI = "10.1039/b006464p",
    number = "24",
    journal = "Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics",
    publisher = "Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)",
    year = "2000",
    pages = "5684–5690"
}

Details about the original figure in the publicaton (yaml).

comment: ''
fields:
- name: E
  orientation: horizontal
  reference: SCE
  type: number
  unit: V
- name: j
  orientation: vertical
  type: number
  unit: "\xB5A cm\u207B\xB2"
measurementType: CV
scanRate:
  unit: mV / s
  value: 10.0
simultaneousMeasurements: []
type: digitized

Details about the curation process of this entry (yaml).

process:
- date: '2025-06-09'
  name: Johannes M. Hermann
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7119-1295
  role: curator
- date: '2025-08-23'
  name: Albert Engstfeld
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9686-3948
  role: reviewer

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