A method has been developed to prepare single crystal electrodes of reactive metals by
resistive heating. Instead of using a flame, the crystals are annealed in a controlled
atmosphere by passing a high electric current through them. This method was tested with Au
(111) and Pt (111) electrodes, for which the well-known cyclic voltammograms characteristic
of a well-ordered surface were obtained. As a second step, the preparation of Pd (hkl)
electrodes was addressed. The cyclic voltammograms for Cu upd on Pd (111), Pd (100) and …