Direct electrochemical oxidation of carbon

This opens up possibilities for an indirect electrochemical utilization of huge coal reserves. The possibility of direct electrochemical oxidation of carbon monoxide was soon questioned. It was suggested that hydrogen, rather than the carbon monoxide, is involved in the electrochemical reaction after being formed from CO by the Boudouard reaction ... 

For other electrochemical reactions, different ideal efficiencies apply. Curiously, for direct electrochemical oxidation of carbon AG is larger than AH, and consequently the ideal efficiency is slightly greater than 100% when using this definition of ideal efficiency. 

The possibility of a direct electrochemical oxidation of carbon monoxide was soon questioned. It was suggested that hydrogen, rather than carbon monoxide. 

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