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Title Ultrasonic effects on the electro-reduction of oxygen at a glassy carbon anthraquinone-modified electrode. The Koutecky–Levich equation applied to insonated electro-catalytic reactions
Type JournalPaper
Keywords Ultrasonic; Ultrasonic; anthraquinone-modified; catalytic;
Abstract We report the electro-reduction of oxygen in aqueous solution at glassy carbon electrodes modified by the physical adsorption of 1,2-dihydroxyanthraquinone. The catalytic currents are significantly increased under insonation in a manner quantitatively consistent with the increased mass transport as predicted via the Koutecky–Levich equation using diffusion layer thicknesses calculated via studies on well-defined, simple one-electron systems.
Researchers Richard G. Compton (Third Researcher), Craig E. Banks (Second Researcher), Abdollah Salimi (First Researcher)