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Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society (BKCS)

ISSN 0253-2964(Print)
ISSN 1229-5949(Online)
Volume 15, Number 7
BKCSDE 15(7)
July 20, 1994 

 
Title
Electrocatalytic Reduction of Dioxygen at Glassy Carbon Electrodes with Irreversible Self-assembly of N-hexadecyl-N'-methyl Viologen
Author
Chi-Woo Lee*, Jai-Man Jang
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Abstract
The electroreduction of dioxygen at glassy carbon electrodes with irreversible self-assembly of N-hexadecyl-N'-methyl viologen (C16VC1) proceeds at potentials more positive than those where the reduction occurs at bare electrodes. The electrocatalyzed reduction takes place at potentials well ahead of those where the catalyst is reduced in the absence of dioxygen and the limiting currents observed at rotating disk electrodes did not deviate from the the thoretical Levich line up to 6400 rpm, indicating that the electrocatalysis is extremely rapid. The rate constant for the heterogeneous reaction between C16V+C1 immobilized on the electrode surface and O2 in solution was estimated to be ca. 108 M-1s-1. The half-wave potential of dioxygen reduction was independent of solution pH.
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563 - 567
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