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Electrolysis in aqueous 1 M HClO4 and 1 M H2SO4 solutions has been carried out under galvanostatic conditions using boron-doped diamond electrodes (BDD). Analyses of the oxidation products have shown that in 1 M HClO4 the main reaction is oxygen evolution, while in H2SO4 the main reaction is the formation of H2S2O8. In both electrolytes small amounts of O3 and H2O2 are formed. Finally, a simplified mechanism involving hydroxyl radicals formed by water discharge has been proposed for water oxidation on boron-doped diamond anodes.
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Michaud, PA., Panizza, M., Ouattara, L. et al. Electrochemical oxidation of water on synthetic boron-doped diamond thin film anodes. Journal of Applied Electrochemistry 33, 151–154 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1024084924058
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