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Hindawi Publishing Corporation Journal of Nanomaterials Volume 2011, Article ID 624067, 7 pages doi:10.1155/2011/624067 Research Article Characterization and Electrocatalytic Properties of Titanium-Based Ru0.3Co0.7−x Cex Mixed Oxide Electrodes for Oxygen Evolution in Alkaline Solution Hongjun Wu, Qin Ruan, Li Li, and Baohui Wang Lab of New Energy Chemistry and Environmental Science, College of Chemistry Chemical Engineering, Northeast Petroleum University, Heilongjiang, Daqing 163318, China Correspondence should be addressed to Baohui Wang, wangbaohui60@163.com Received 12 January 2011; Accepted 24 February 2011 Academic Editor: Zhenmeng Peng Copyright © 2011 Hongjun Wu et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Ti-supported RuO -Co O -CeO (Ru Co Ce oxide, 0 ≤ x ≤ 0.7) electrodes were prepared by sol-gel process. The phase 2 3 4 2 0.3 0.7−x x structure, surface morphology, and microstructure of the oxide layer were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Electrocatalytic activity and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) kinetics on these electrodes in 1.0 mol·dm−3 KOH solution were studied by recording open-circuit potential, cyclic voltammetry, and polarisation curves. The results showed that the appropriate content of CeO2 could reduce the grain size and increase active surface area. The electrocatalytic activity shows a strong dependence on the CeO2 content in the film. Catalytic performance of mixed oxide electrodes with 40 mol % CeO2 was the best, with the greatest voltammetri