کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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6472856 | 1424138 | 2016 | 9 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
We report the determination of a complete mechanism for the Brâ/Br2 reaction in nitrobenzene using simulations of cyclic voltammograms at platinum and glassy carbon macroelectrodes and platinum ultramicroelectrodes at varying scan rates (0.02-500Â V/s) and concentrations of Brâ, Br3â, and Br2 (2.5-20Â mM). As in other nonaqueous solvents and ionic liquids, we observe two consecutive redox processes at lower and higher potentials that we assign to the Brâ/Br3â and Br3â/Br2 redox reactions, respectively. A complete reaction mechanism, including the elementary steps of each process, was fit to the voltammetric data using DigiElch® simulation software. The model proposed here is different from previous models of halide reactions in nonaqueous solvents in three ways. First, it proposes the direct oxidation and reduction of Br3â, whereas previous models describe the reduction and oxidation of X3â as a CE process, with the dissociation of X3â into Xâ and X2 occurring first. Second, it is able to accurately match data at a wide range of scan rates and concentrations without the use of unrealistically large homogeneous rate constants. Finally, it can match data at platinum and glassy carbon electrodes by simply changing the apparent heterogeneous kinetics of the electron transfer reactions.
Journal: Electrochimica Acta - Volume 219, 20 November 2016, Pages 1-9