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Electrochimica Acta

Volume 33, Issue 3, March 1988, Pages 365-369
Electrochimica Acta

Application of the SPE method to organic electrochemistry—VII. The reduction of nitrobenzene on a modified Pt-nafion

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Abstract

SPE composite electrodes prepared by deposition of platinum on Nafion, Pt-Nafions, were modified by electrochemical deposition of nickel and copper. The modified electrodes were applied to the reduction of nitrobenzene. The modification was very effective for aniline formation and suppressed side reactions such as hydrogen evolution. On Cu, Pt-Nafion the Bamberger's rearrangement was inhibited and no p-aminophenol was obtained. The inhibition was caused by Nafion which coated the active site on Cu, Pt-Nafion. It was suggested that SPE composite electrodes behaved in the same manner as polymer coated electrodes. The active site for charge transfer reaction was concluded to be at an interior surface of the metal layer bound to Nafion.

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