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The electrochemical behavior of synthetic binary, Zn-Al and Mn-Al, and ternary (Zn-Mn)-Al hydrotalcites (HT) was studied by cyclic voltammetry in alkaline conditions (pH≡12). The Zn-Al HT characterization revealed two irreversible and continuous oxidation processes: i) Zn0|Zn2+ and ii) Zn0|ZnO. On the other hand, the binary HT containing Mn presented a reversible behavior for the oxidation-reduction process Mn4+|Mn3+. The same oxidation-reduction processes were observed in the ternary HT. However, variations in the reduction-oxidation process were detected by XRD for the ternary HT as a result of spinel formation. These results could also be influenced due to a higher accessibility of manganese in HT since the morphology of hydrotalcite (lamellar structure) provides a regular distribution of Mn atoms interacting with Zn atoms through hydroxyl bridges.
electroactive hydrotalcites, cyclic voltammetry, morphology
Authors thank to L. Baños and J. Guzmán for the XRD and EDX analysis. The financial support of CONACYT (project 79132) and PROMEP (project: 103.5/09/4194) are gratefully acknowledged.
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