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Applicability of Electroanalysis for Monitoring Oxalic Acid (OA) Concentration During its Electrochemical Oxidation at Different Electrode Materials

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The electrochemical oxidation (EO) of oxalic acid (OA) has been studied in acidic media at Ti/PbO2, highly boron-doped diamond (BDD), Pt, and graphite electrodes by linear polarization and galvanostatic electrolyses applying a current of 60 mA cm−2. The concentration of OA during EO was monitored by differential pulse voltammetry (DPV) using glassy carbon electrode and the results were also confirmed by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). The experimental results of galvanostatic electrolyses showed that the performances of the process dramatically depend on the anodic material and in particular, the removal efficiencies obtained at Ti/PbO2, graphite, BDD, and Pt anodes were 90, 85, 80, and 78 %, respectively. Furthermore, DPV analyses compared with HPLC method achieved good fit, confidence intervals, and limits.

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Acknowledgments

EGA and EVS gratefully acknowledge CAPES and PETROBRAS for PhD and Master Fellowships, respectively. The authors thank the financial support provided by PETROBRAS; they also thank Industrie De Nora S.p.A. (Milan, Italy) for providing the Ti/Pt electrodes. Financial support from National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq-Brazil) is gratefully acknowledged as well.

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    Marco Panizza

  2. Institute of Chemistry, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Lagoa Nova, 59072-970, RN, Brazil

    Eliane G. Araújo, Elisama V. Santos, Djalma Ribeiro da Silva, Nedja. S. Fernandes & Carlos A. Martínez-Huitle

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Panizza, M., Araújo, E.G., Santos, E.V. et al. Applicability of Electroanalysis for Monitoring Oxalic Acid (OA) Concentration During its Electrochemical Oxidation at Different Electrode Materials. Electrocatalysis 4, 267–273 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12678-013-0140-7

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