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Oxidation of carboxylic acids in water at IrO2-Ta2O5 and Boron Doped Diamond anodes

2011

Abstract A detailed study was dedicated to the anodic oxidation of three carboxylic acids (namely, oxalic, formic and maleic acid) with the objective to evaluate in a systematic way the effect on the oxidation of carboxylic acids of numerous relevant parameters, including the nature and the concentration of the carboxylic acid, the alimentation regime (potentiostatic vs. amperostatic), the current density and the working potential values, the flowdynamic regime, the temperature and the nature of the electrode material. It was observed that the effect of some operative parameters strongly depends on the nature of the electrode and of the carboxylic acid. As an example, the efficacy of abatem…