Coulometric study of rates of oxalic acid adsorption at a polycrystalline Platinum Electrode
By Gilman, S.
Published in Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry
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2013
Abstract
Quantitative measurement of adsorption/desorption of oxalic acid on a Pt electrode from a perchloric acid supporting electrolyte has been accomplished for the first time using a fast potential scan preceded by a sequence of potential steps. From a dilute solution of oxalic acid, adsorption as the oxalate/bioxylate anion is so rapid as to be diffusion-controlled over the range of potentials at which the surface is free of adsorbed oxygen; most of the final coverage achieved in less than a half-second. Cathodic desorption of the adsorbed anions occurs in the millisecond range. An isotherm for reversible adsorption applies to the range 0–0.9 V vs. a RHE but below 0.3 V, there is conversion to irreversible adsorption that is perceptible after hundreds of seconds. Irreversible adsorption as carbon monoxide blocks cathodic hydrogen underpotential deposition (upd) while adsorption as anions does not because the latter desorb at upd potentials. Adsorbed oxalic acid has a negative effect on the anodic oxidation of ethylene glycol and the reduction of molecular oxygen.
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