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Implantable neural prosthetics with stimulating electrodes are increasingly employed in medical practices to treat neural disabilities. The electrode material is expected to provide high charge storage and injection capacity (CSC/CIC) and low impedance for safe, efficient, and precise neural stimulation, while at the same time, being small. To improve the current state-of-the-art neural-electrode material, iridium oxide (IrOx), IrBiOx coatings of various compositions (m = 0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, and 1.0) produced by thermal deposition were evaluated. The IrBiOx yielded a CSC of 17.7 ± 1.1 mC/cm, which is four-fold higher than that of IrOx. At the same time, the impedance of IrBiOx at 1 kHz was measured to be half of that of IrOx. The superior performance of IrBiOx was explained by forming amorphous structures that facilitate the intercalation of H and OH ions into deeper oxide structures that contribute to faradaic charge storage. The IrBiOx electrode also showed good stability and biocompatibility, which makes it potentially a good candidate for neural stimulating electrodes.
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