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There are other parallel electrochemical reactions that can occur at the electrodes within the cell, lowering the overall efficiency for CIO formation. Oxygen evolution accounts for about 1—3% loss in the current efficiency on noble metal-based electrodes in the pH range 5.5—6.5. 

Copper-based electrodes can also be employed for the same task. 

Particularly attractive for numerous bioanalytical applications are colloidal metal (e.g., gold) and semiconductor quantum dot nanoparticles. The conductivity and catalytic properties of such systems have been employed for developing electrochemical gas sensors, electrochemical sensors based on molecular- or polymer-functionalized nanoparticle sensing interfaces, and for the construction of different biosensors including enzyme-based electrodes, immunosensors, and DNA sensors. Advances in the application of molecular and biomolecular functionalized metal, semiconductor, and magnetic particles for electroanalytical and bio-electroanalytical applications have been reviewed by Katz et al. [142]. 

For example, the final heat treatment temperatures In the manufacture will produce different electrochemical properties, even with the same surface treatments (2-4) since the structure and electrical property of glassy carbon depends on the temperature, as Indicated by the single crystal TEM patterns and by measurement of temperature dependent conductivity (5-6). On the other hand. It Is also well established that the electrochemical properties of carbon-based electrodes are markedly affected by surface treatments. 

Figure 12. Electrocatalytic oxidation of CO (from a CO-saturated 0.1 M HCIO4 solution) on different Pt-based electrodes (sweep rate 5 mV/s, 25 "C) ( ) smooth Pt, (0) 0.1 mg cm Pt dispersed in a polyaniline film,(A) 0.1 mg cm" R-Sn dispersed in a polyaniline film.

Dunietz BD, Markovic NM, Ross Jr PN, Head-Gordon M. 2004. Initiation of electro-oxidation of CO on Pt based electrodes at full coverage conditions simulated by ah initio electronic structure calculations. J Phys Chem B 108 9888-9892. 

It is very important to develop a high performance cathode catalyst, because a sluggish ORR causes a large overpotential at low temperatures. With respect to the total performance of activity and stability, the cathode catalyst material is limited to Pt or its alloys at present. In acidic media such as Nation electrolyte or aqueous acid solutions, four-electron reduction is dominant at Pt-based electrodes ... 

A bifunctional catalyst should be able to activate two different reaction steps (methanol and water adsorption and surface reaction between adsorbed species), and so active sites with different properties are necessary. As an example, investigations of possibihty of enhancing activity with regard to methanol electro-oxidation with Pt-Ru-based electrodes are of great interest with regard to improving the electrical efficiency of DMFCs. Several approaches have been considered the effect of Pt-Ru... 

Oxidation States of Ruthenium Oxide and Ru-Based Electrodes. 95... 

Surface Composition and Depth Profiling of Ruthenium-Iridium Based Electrodes... 

Fig. 10. Ruthenium over titanium ratio for mixed (Ru, Ti)02 based electrodes prepared by thermal decomposition. Nominal compositions are given in the figure. After [46],...

Fig. 19. Oxygen evolution and corrosion model for ruthenium based electrodes. After [54].

For Cl2 or 02 evolution the stability of ruthenium based electrodes is not sufficient on a technical scale. Therefore the possibility of stabilizing the ruthenium oxide without losing too much of its outstanding catalytic performance was investigated by many groups. For the Cl2 process, mixed oxides with valve metals like Ti or Ta were found to exhibit enhanced stability (see Section 3.1), while in the case of the 02 evolution process in solid polymer electrolyte cells for H2 production a mixed Ru/Ir oxide proved to be the best candidate [68, 80]. 

The same group, in a previous work, reported on the realization of a hybrid anode electrode [197]. An appreciable improvement in methanol oxidation activity was observed at the anode in direct methanol fuel cells containing Pt-Ru and Ti02 particles. Such an improvement was ascribed to a synergic effect of the two components (photocatalyst and metal catalyst). A similar behavior was also reported for a Pt-Ti02-based electrode [198]. Another recent study involved the electrolysis of aqueous solutions of alcohols performed on a Ti02 nanotube-based anode under solar irradiation [199]. 

Figure 5. Cyclic voltammograms at 10 mV/s in three-electrode cells for PPy and for a-MnOi based electrodes in 2 molL 1 KN03 medium using Pt as auxiliary electrode.

ECP based electrode of a symmetric capacitor would not occur when a-Mn02 will be used as a positive electrode in an asymmetric configuration. 

In this paper we would like to propose also an additional concept of utilization of rechargeable metal-air battery with PANI/ TEG catalysts. It is necessary to note the ability of PANI based electrode to self-charge in the presence of oxygen. A deep discharge of PANI electrode leads to the transformation of emeraldine (EM) to lecoemeraldine (LEM). It is well known that LEM is chemically non-stable at the presence of oxygen due to occurance of the following reaction ... 

This type of sensor often does not have a membrane it instead utilizes the properties of a water-oil interface, a boundary between an aqueous and a non-aqueous (organic) phase. Traditionally, sensors based on non-equilibrium ion-selective transport phenomena were distinguished as a separate group and considered as the electrochemistry of the ion transfer between two immiscible electrolyte solutions (IT1ES). Here, we will not distinguish polymeric membrane electrodes and ITIES-based electrodes due to the similarity in the theoretical consideration. 

The protocol demonstrated for the development of Cu, Zn-SOD-based third-generation 02 - biosensors is also sutiable for other kinds of SODs, such as Fe-SOD and Mn-SOD in the SOD family [138], In those cases, MPA was used as promoter for the SODs instead of cysteine because cysteine was unable to promote electron transfer of Fe-SOD and Mn-SOD. Figure 6.10 compares the CVs obtained at the Cu, Zn-SOD- (a), Fe-SOD- (b), and Mn-SOD- (c) based electrodes in the absence and presence of 02". As shown, the presence of 02 - in solution obviously increases both anodic and cathodic peak currents of the SODs confined on the electrodes, suggesting the good bifunctional catalytic activity for the reduction and oxidation of 02 - at the SODs, which is similar to the results obtained with the Cu,Zn-SOD/cysteine-modified Au electrode. It should be mentioned that the same response was observed neither at the MPA-modified Au electrode nor at the bare Au electrode under the same conditions. Such a bidirectional electromediation of the SOD-based biosensors is essentially based on the inherent specificity... 

Poor operational stability due to drift has largely limited the long-term or implantable application of pH sensors. Some oxide-based electrodes present very high initial... 

S. Milardovic, Z. Grabaric, V. Rumenjak, and M. Jukic, Rapid determination of oxalate by an ampero-metric oxalate oxidase-based electrode. Electroanalysis 12, 1051—1058 (2000). 

CNTs have been one of the most actively studied electrode materials in the past few years due to their unique electronic and mechanical properties. From a chemistry point of view, CNTs are expected to exhibit inherent electrochemical properties similar to other carbon electrodes widely used in various electrochemical applications. Unlike other carbon-based nanomaterials such as C60 and C70 [31], CNTs show very different electrochemical properties. The subtle electronic properties suggest that carbon nanotubes will have the ability to mediate electron transfer reactions with electroactive species in solution when used as the electrode material. Up to now, carbon nanotube-based electrodes have been widely used in electrochemical sensing [32-35], CNT-modified electrodes show many advantages which are described in the following paragraphs. 

The electrodes modified with vertically aligned CNTs have recently received much interest for the purpose of designing CNT-based electrodes and electrochemical sensors. 

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