This protocol demonstrates a method for electrochemical roughening of thin-film platinum electrodes without preferential dissolution at grain boundaries. The electrochemical techniques of cyclic voltammetry and impedance spectroscopy are demonstrated to characterize these electrode surfaces.
Ivanovskaya, A. N., Belle, A. M., Yorita, A., Qian, F., Chen, S., Tooker, A., Lozada, R. G., Dahlquist, D., Tolosa, V. Electrochemical Roughening of Thin-Film Platinum Macro and Microelectrodes. J. Vis. Exp. (148), e59553, doi:10.3791/59553 (2019).