Iridium(IV) oxide
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Iridium dioxide
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| ECHA InfoCard | 100.031.572 |
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| IrO2 | |
| Molar mass | 224.22 g/mol |
| Appearance | blue-black solid |
| Density | 11.66 g/cm3 |
| Melting point | 1,100 °C (2,010 °F; 1,370 K) decomposes |
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| +224.0·10−6 cm3/mol | |
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| Rutile (tetragonal) | |
| Octahedral (Ir); Trigonal (O) | |
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| H272, H413 | |
| P210, P220, P273, P280, P370+P378, P501 | |
| Flash point | Non-flammable |
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Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Iridium(IV) oxide, IrO2, is the only well-characterised oxide of iridium. It is a blue-black solid, used with other rare oxides to coat anodes.
Structure
The compound adopts the TiO2 rutile structure, featuring six coordinate iridium and three coordinate oxygen.[2] It forms a tetragonal lattice with lattice parameters of 4.5Å and 3.15Å.[3]
Mechanical properties
Iridium oxide does not easily deform under stress,[4] instead cracking easily.[5] Measured deflections of a thin, cantilevered iridium oxide film indicate a Young’s modulus of 300 ± 15 GPa,[4] substantially lower than the Young's modulus of metallic iridium (517 GPa).[6]
Synthesis
As described by its discoverers, it can be formed by treating the green form of iridium trichloride with oxygen at high temperatures:
- 2 IrCl3 + 2 O2 → 2 IrO2 + 3 Cl2
A hydrated form is also known.[7]
Applications
Iridium dioxide can be used to make coated electrodes[8] for industrial electrolysis or as microelectrodes for electrophysiology.[9] In electrolytic applications, IrO2 films evolve O2 efficiently.[10]
Electrode manufacture typically requires high-temperature annealing.[11]
Fracture and delamination are well-known problems when fabricating devices that incorporate iridium oxide film. One cause of delamination is lattice mismatch between iridium oxide and the substrate. Sputtering iridium oxide on a liquid crystal polymer has been proposed to avoid mismatch,[12] but sputtered films spontaneously delaminate during cyclic voltammetry if the maximum potential bias exceeds 0.9 V.[13]
References
- ^ PubChem. "Iridium oxide (IrO2)". pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 2026-04-06.
- ^ Greenwood, Norman N.; Earnshaw, Alan (1997). Chemistry of the Elements (2nd ed.). Butterworth-Heinemann. doi:10.1016/C2009-0-30414-6. ISBN 978-0-08-037941-8.
- ^ Bestaoui, N.; Prouzet, E.; Deniard, P.; Brec, R. (1993). "Structural and analytical characterization of an iridium oxide thin layer". Thin Solid Films. 235 (1–2): 35–42. Bibcode:1993TSF...235...35B. doi:10.1016/0040-6090(93)90239-l. ISSN 0040-6090.
- ^ a b Rivas, Manuel; Rudy, Ryan Q.; Sanchez, Bradley; Graziano, Milena B.; Fox, Glen R.; Sunal, Paul; Nataraj, Latha; Sandoz-Rosado, Emil; Leff, Asher C.; Huey, Bryan D.; Polcawich, Ronald G.; Hanrahan, Brendan (2020-08-01). "Iridium oxide top electrodes for piezo- and pyroelectric performance enhancements in lead zirconate titanate thin-film devices". Journal of Materials Science. 55 (24): 10351–10363. Bibcode:2020JMatS..5510351R. doi:10.1007/s10853-020-04766-5. ISSN 1573-4803.
- ^ Mailley, S.C; Hyland, M; Mailley, P; McLaughlin, J.M; McAdams, E.T (2002). "Electrochemical and structural characterizations of electrodeposited iridium oxide thin-film electrodes applied to neurostimulating electrical signal". Materials Science and Engineering: C. 21 (1–2): 167–175. doi:10.1016/s0928-4931(02)00098-x. ISSN 0928-4931.
- ^ "Young's Modulus, Tensile Strength and Yield Strength Values for some Materials". www.engineeringtoolbox.com. Retrieved 2024-05-12.
- ^ H. L. Grube (1963). "The Platinum Metals". In G. Brauer (ed.). Handbook of Preparative Inorganic Chemistry, 2nd Ed. NY: Academic Press. p. 1590.
- ^ "改性二氧化铱电极研制--《无机盐工业》1998年03期". www.cnki.com.cn. Retrieved 2021-05-21.
- ^ Cogan, Stuart F. (August 2008). "Neural Stimulation and Recording Electrodes". Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering. 10 (1): 275–309. doi:10.1146/annurev.bioeng.10.061807.160518. ISSN 1523-9829. PMID 18429704.
- ^ Wendt, Hartmut; Kolb, Dieter M.; Engelmann, Gerald E.; Ziegler, Jörg C. (15 Oct 2011). "Electrochemistry, 1: Fundamentals". Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH. doi:10.1002/14356007.a09_183.pub4. ISBN 978-3-527-30673-2.
- ^ Dong, Qiuchen; Song, Donghui; Huang, Yikun; Xu, Zhiheng; Chapman, James H.; Willis, William S.; Li, Baikun; Lei, Yu (2018). "High-temperature annealing enabled iridium oxide nanofibers for both non-enzymatic glucose and solid-state pH sensing". Electrochimica Acta. 281: 117–126. doi:10.1016/j.electacta.2018.04.205. ISSN 0013-4686.
- ^ Wang, K.; Chung-Chiun Liu; Durand, D.M. (2009). "Flexible Nerve Stimulation Electrode With Iridium Oxide Sputtered on Liquid Crystal Polymer". IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering. 56 (1): 6–14. Bibcode:2009ITBE...56....6W. doi:10.1109/TBME.2008.926691. ISSN 0018-9294. PMC 2738844. PMID 19224713.
- ^ Cogan, Stuart F.; Ehrlich, Julia; Plante, Timothy D.; Smirnov, Anton; Shire, Douglas B.; Gingerich, Marcus; Rizzo, Joseph F. (2009). "Sputtered iridium oxide films for neural stimulation electrodes". Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B: Applied Biomaterials. 89B (2): 353–361. doi:10.1002/jbm.b.31223. ISSN 1552-4973. PMC 7442142. PMID 18837458.