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Electrocatalysis of Anodic Oxygen‐Transfer Reactions: Evolution of Ozone

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1994

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Current efficiencies are compared for the generation of simultaneously with during anodic discharge of at pure and iron(III)‐doped β‐lead dioxide film electrodes in phosphate buffer (pH 7.5, 10°C) containing 2.5 mM KF. Also examined is the effect of applied current density. A current efficiency of 14.6% was obtained for the Fe(III)‐doped film electrode deposited on an internally cooled (10°C) tubular titanium substrate at a current density of 200 mA cm−2 as compared to only 6.1% at the undoped electrode under the same conditions. This result is tentatively explained on the basis of a mechanism involving the transfer of oxygen from hydroxyl radicals adsorbed on Pb(IV) sites adjacent to Fe(III) sites to adsorbed at the Fe(III) sites in the surface of the Fe(III)‐doped electrodes.