Publication

Anodic oxidation of organics on synthetic diamond thin-film electrodes

Christos Comninellis
1999
Book Chapters

Abstract

The electrochem. oxidns. of some org. compds. have shown that only reactions involving simple electron transfer are active on diamond electrodes in the potential region of water stability. For more complex reactions, diamond electrodes show no electrocatalytic activity in the potential region of water stability. These complex reactions can take place on diamond electrodes only under conditions of simultaneous oxygen evolution. The reactivity of some alcs. and carboxylic acids has been studied on diamond electrodes and a simplified mechanism for the oxidn. of orgs. by electrogenerated OH radicals on diamond has been proposed. [on SciFinder (R)]

Official source

https://infoscience.epfl.ch/entities/publication/52253265-7203-4e8e-9f72-d40c549810b3

About this result

This page is automatically generated and may contain information that is not correct, complete, up-to-date, or relevant to your search query. The same applies to every other page on this website. Please make sure to verify the information with EPFL's official sources.

Graph Chat

Chat with Graph Search

Ask any question about EPFL courses, lectures, exercises, research, news, etc. or try the example questions below.

DISCLAIMER: The Graph Chatbot is not programmed to provide explicit or categorical answers to your questions. Rather, it transforms your questions into API requests that are distributed across the various IT services officially administered by EPFL. Its purpose is solely to collect and recommend relevant references to content that you can explore to help you answer your questions.

Christos Comninellis
1999
Book Chapters

Abstract

Official source

https://infoscience.epfl.ch/entities/publication/52253265-7203-4e8e-9f72-d40c549810b3

About this result

Related concepts (32)

Synthetic diamond

Lab-grown diamond (LGD; also called laboratory-grown, laboratory-created, man-made, artisan-created, artificial, synthetic, or cultured diamond) is diamond that is produced in a controlled technological process (in contrast to naturally formed diamond, which is created through geological processes and obtained by mining). Unlike diamond simulants (imitations of diamond made of superficially similar non-diamond materials), synthetic diamonds are composed of the same material as naturally formed diamonds – pure carbon crystallized in an isotropic 3D form – and share identical chemical and physical properties.

Diamond

Diamond is a solid form of the element carbon with its atoms arranged in a crystal structure called diamond cubic. Another solid form of carbon known as graphite is the chemically stable form of carbon at room temperature and pressure, but diamond is metastable and converts to it at a negligible rate under those conditions. Diamond has the highest hardness and thermal conductivity of any natural material, properties that are used in major industrial applications such as cutting and polishing tools.

Chemical reaction

A chemical reaction is a process that leads to the chemical transformation of one set of chemical substances to another. Classically, chemical reactions encompass changes that only involve the positions of electrons in the forming and breaking of chemical bonds between atoms, with no change to the nuclei (no change to the elements present), and can often be described by a chemical equation. Nuclear chemistry is a sub-discipline of chemistry that involves the chemical reactions of unstable and radioactive elements where both electronic and nuclear changes can occur.

Related publications (6)

Anodic oxidation of organics on synthetic diamond thin-film electrodes

Chat with Graph Search

Design of novel enzyme-catalyzed reactions linked to protein sequences for finding enzyme engineering targets

Electrochemical oxidation of ammonia (NH4+/NH3) on thermally and electrochemically prepared IrO2 electrodes

Relation between potential and catalytic activity of rhodium in propylene combustion