ELECTRODES CONTAINING IRIDIUM NANOPARTICLES FOR THE ELECTROLYTIC PRODUCTION OF OXYGEN FROM WATER

摘要

Electrodes employing as active material iridium nanoparticles synthesized by a novel route are provided. The nanoparticle synthesis is facile and reproducible, and provides iridium nanoparticles of very small dimension and high purity for a wide range of metals. The electrodes utilizing these nanoparticles have excellent efficiency catalyzing the electrolytic production of oxygen from water.

主权项

1. An electrode comprising iridium nanoparticles, the iridium nanoparticles synthesized by a method comprising:
adding surfactant to a reagent complex according to Formula I,
Ir0·Xy  I, wherein Ir0 is zero-valent iridium, X is a hydride, and y is an integral or fractional value greater than zero.