Publication: Temperature dependence studies on the electro-oxidation of aliphatic alcohols with modified platinum electrodes
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2009-01-01
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09737103
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09743626
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Mahidol University
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Journal of Chemical Sciences. Vol.121, No.3 (2009), 329-337
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Panadda Katikawong, Tanakorn Ratana, Waret Veerasai Temperature dependence studies on the electro-oxidation of aliphatic alcohols with modified platinum electrodes. Journal of Chemical Sciences. Vol.121, No.3 (2009), 329-337. doi:10.1007/s12039-009-0038-3 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/27442
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Temperature dependence studies on the electro-oxidation of aliphatic alcohols with modified platinum electrodes
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Temperature dependence on the electro-oxidation of methanol, ethanol and 1-propanol in 0.5 M H2SO4were investigated with Pt and PtRu electrodes. Tafel slope and apparent activation energy were evaluated from the cyclic voltammetric data in the low potential region (0.3-0.5 V vs SHE). The CV results provided Tafel slopes for alcohols in the range of 200-400 mV dec-1which indicated a difference in the rate determining step. The decrease in Tafel slope was only observed in the case of methanol for the Ru-modified Pt electrode. This indicates that Ru improves the rate of determining step for methanol while hindering it for the other alcohols. The electrochemical impedance spectroscopy was also used to evaluate the electro-oxidation mechanism of alcohols on these electrodes. The simulated EIS results provided two important parameters: charge transfer resistance (Rct) and inductance (L). The Rct-1ct and L-1represent the rate of alcohol electro-oxidation and rate of desorption of intermediate species, respectively. These values increased with the increasing of temperature. The results from two techniques were well agreed that the electro-oxidation of methanol was improved by raising the temperature and ruthenium modification. © Indian Academy of Sciences.