Electrochemical Synthesis of Co-intercalation Compounds in the Graphite-H<Subscript>2</Subscript>SO<Subscript>4</Subscript>-H<Subscript>3</Subscript>PO<Subscript>4</Subscript>System

Anodic oxidation of highly oriented pyrolytic graphite in an electrolyte containing concentrated sulfuric and anhydrous phosphoric acids is studied for the first time. The synthesis was carried out under galvanostatic conditions at a current I = 0.5 mA and an elevated temperature (t = 80°C). Intercalation compounds of graphite (ICG) are shown to form at all concentration ratios of H₂SO₄ and H³PO⁴ acids. The intercalation compound of step I forms in solutions containing more than 80 wt % H₂SO₄, a mixture of compounds of intercalation steps I and II forms in 60% H²SO⁴, intercalation step II is realized in the sulfuric acid concentration range from 10 to 40%, and a mixture of compounds of intercalation steps III and II is formed in 5% H₂SO₄ solutions. The threshold concentration of H₂SO₄ intercalation is ∼2%. With the decrease in active intercalate (H₂SO₄) concentration, the charging curves are gradually smoothed, the intercalation step number increases, and the potentials of ICG formation also increase. As the sulfuric acid concentration in the electrolyte changes from 96 to 40 wt %, the filled-layer thickness d _i in ICG monotonously increases from 0.803 to 0.820 nm, which apparently is associated with the greater size of phosphoric acid molecules. With further increase in H₃PO₄ concentration in solution, d _i remains unchanged. According to the results of chemical analysis, both acids are simultaneously incorporated into the graphite interplanar spacing and their ratio in ICG is determined by the electrolyte composition.__________Translated from Elektrokhimiya, Vol. 41, No. 5, 2005, pp. 651–655.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Leshin, Sorokina, Avdeev.     

Nonanol-1 oxidation on nickel oxide electrode with the involvement of active oxygen forms

The process of nonanol-1 oxidation is studied on the nickel oxide electrode with the use of chemically bound active oxygen forms (AOF) electrochemically generated in situ from O₂, H₂O₂, and H₂O. The effect of electrolysis conditions (AOF generation schemes, current density, passed charge) on the yield of pelargonic acid is studied. The oxidation proceeds most efficiently at the current density of 5–10 mA cm^?2 as the theoretical charge is passed in the paired electrolysis mode. The current efficiency with respect to pelargonic acid is 83.7%; the substance yield is 83.8%. In addition to pelargonic acid, several oxidation side-products are found in the electrolyte. Their content increases with the increase in the charge passed as a result of further oxidation of pelargonic acid.     

Sensitive and Rapid Flow Injection Amperometric Hydrazine Sensor using an Electrodeposited Gold Nanoparticle Graphite Pencil Electrode

A gold (Au) nanoparticle-modified graphite pencil electrode was prepared by an electrodeposition procedure for the sensitive and rapid flow injection amperometric determination of hydrazine (N₂H₄). The electrodeposited Au nanoparticles on the pretreated graphite pencil electrode surface were characterized by scanning electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction spectroscopy, and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. Cyclic voltammograms showed that the Au nanoparticle-modified pretreated graphite pencil electrode exhibits excellent electrocatalytic activity toward oxidation of hydrazine because the highly irreversibly and broadly observed oxidation peak at +600?mV at the pretreated graphite pencil electrode shifted to ?167?mV at the Au nanoparticle pretreated graphite pencil electrode; in addition, a significant enhancement in the oxidation peak current was obtained. Thus, the flow-injection (FI) amperometric hydrazine sensor was constructed based on its electrocatalytic oxidation at the Au nanoparticle-modified pretreated graphite pencil electrode. The Au nanoparticle-modified pretreated graphite pencil electrode exhibits a linear calibration curve between the flow injection amperometric current and hydrazine concentration within the concentration range from 0.01 to 100?µM with a detection limit of 0.002?µM. The flow injection amperometric sensor has been successfully used for the determination of N₂H₄ in water samples with good accuracy and precision.     

过渡金属氧化物修饰石墨毡阴极及电催化氧化性能测试

采用H2O2化学预处理石墨毡,并将过渡金属氧化物Ce O2负载到石墨毡上,制备出复合石墨毡阴极材料。研究结果表明H2O2处理可增加石墨毡的含氧官能团,改善表面亲水性,进而提高Ce O2的负载量,XRD分析表明石墨毡表面负载的Ce O2为萤石结构。电化学阻抗谱(EIS)和循环伏安曲线(CV)分析表明修饰后的石墨毡电荷传输阻力变小,氧化还原电流强度显著增强,活性表面积增大8倍,线性扫描(LSV)实验表明改性石墨毡在氧还原过程中具有较大的电流密度,是未改性前的8.5倍。采用改性石墨毡作为阴极,进行电芬顿催化降解甲基橙测试,20 min脱色率达到96.8%,与未改性石墨毡相比,去除率提高133.2%,显著提高了其电催化氧化性能。     

过渡金属氧化物修饰石墨毡阴极及电催化氧化性能测试

采用H₂O₂化学预处理石墨毡,并将过渡金属氧化物CeO₂负载到石墨毡上,制备出复合石墨毡阴极材料。研究结果表明H₂O₂处理可增加石墨毡的含氧官能团,改善表面亲水性,进而提高CeO₂的负载量,XRD分析表明石墨毡表面负载的CeO₂为萤石结构。电化学阻抗谱(EIS)和循环伏安曲线(CV)分析表明修饰后的石墨毡电荷传输阻力变小,氧化还原电流强度显著增强,活性表面积增大8倍,线性扫描(LSV)实验表明改性石墨毡在氧还原过程中具有较大的电流密度,是未改性前的8.5倍。采用改性石墨毡作为阴极,进行电芬顿催化降解甲基橙测试,20 min脱色率达到96.8%,与未改性石墨毡相比,去除率提高133.2%,显著提高了其电催化氧化性能。     

氧化环境和比例对改性Hummers法制备GO的影响

以鳞片石墨(GR)为原料,采用改性Hummers法液相氧化方法制备氧化石墨,通过超声剥离的方法剥离出片状的氧化石墨烯(GO),探讨了H₂SO₄环境与H₂SO₄+H₃PO₄混酸环境和KMnO₄与GR的比例对GO制备的影响。采用FTIR、UV、TG、XRD、SEM和XPS等分析手段对制备的GO进行分析。结果表明：GO外貌是呈褶皱片状,在片层上主要有C=O、C-OH、-COOH和C-O-C等官能团,以共价键形式存在石墨层间;通过TG与XPS数据分析表明在H₂SO₄ H₃PO₄混酸环境下制备的GO含氧官能团较多,并且(KMnO₄)与鳞片石墨的最佳比例是1:4。     

Immobilization of Cytochrome P-450 and its Application in Ehzikb Electrodes

Abstract

For application in enzyme electrodes liver microsomal cytochrome P-450 was immobilized in a membraneous form. The immobilization yielded 60% of activity and did not impair the functional stability of the enzyme. By coimmobilization of glucose oxidase with P-450 the cofactor NADPH could be replaced by H₂O₂ formed from the enzymatic glucose oxidation. Fixed to a graphite electrode the obtained preparations were employed for quantitative substrate analysis. The P-450 substrate aniline was measured by anodic oxidation of its hydroqlation product at +250mV. A linear dependence of: the current on aniline concentration up to 0.5mM was obtained.     

Electrooxidation of hydrazine catalyzed by 4-hydroxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-piperidinyloxy (TEMPOL)

The electrocatalytic oxidation of hydrazine (N₂H₄) by TEMPOL on a glassy carbon electrode has been studied. The kinetic parameters of the electrode reaction were measured and the electrocatalytic reaction mechanism for the electrooxidation of hydrazine in the presence of TEMPOL was proposed. TEMPOL undergoes a reversible single electron transfer process at a glassy carbon electrode (GCE) at pH 1.2–8.0, and the electrochemical oxidation of N₂H₄ at a GCE can be catalyzed by TEMPOL. The catalytic current is affected by the concentration of catalyst and pH. The overall number of electrons involved in the catalytic oxidation of N₂H₄ and the number of electrons involved in the rate determining step (rds) are 4 and 1, respectively. The catalytic oxidation obeys the first-order kinetics with respect to N₂H₄. The proposed mechanism is consistent with the experimental data, and a cation intermediate [> N---O---N₂H₄⁺], formed by reaction of oxoammonium salt with N₂H₄, is involved in the reaction.     

Struktur und katalytische Eigenschaften von Molybdänoxid-Trägerkatalysatoren bei einigen Oxydationsreaktionen

Structure and Catalytic Properties of Molybdenum Oxide Supported Catalysts in Some Oxidation Reactions Molybdenum supported catalysts were prepared by using different precursor compounds such as Mo(π-C₃H₅)₄, [Mo(OC₂H₅)₅]₂, MoCl₅, (NH₄)₆Mo₇O₂₄, and their catalytic behaviour in some oxidation reactions was studied. During the preparation process, as a result of interaction between the molybdenum compound used and the support, different surface compounds with strongly differing catalytic properties have been formed. MoO₃ and supported catalysts with MoO₃ crystallites on the surface, catalyse the H₂ oxidation at temperatures above 400°C and the CO oxidation at temperatures of about 500°C. The reaction proceeds according to a redox mechanism. On surface compounds of molybdenum which exist on the surface if organic complexes are used as precursors, the catalytic H₂ oxidation occurs even at 100°C with a high reaction rate. The catalytic CO oxidation on these catalysts occurs at temperatures of about 300°C. An associative mechanism on coordinative unsaturated Mo^VI sites is discussed.     

A Sensitive and Renewable Chlortoluron Molecularly Imprinted Polymer Sensor Based on the Gate‐Controlled Catalytic Electrooxidation of H2O2 on Magnetic Nano‐NiO

A new sensor was fabricated by MIP synthesized on the surface of magnetic nickel(II) oxide (NiO) nanoparticles which based on the oxidation current change of H₂O₂. Chlortoluron was selected as template which can be detected indirectly by the decrease of the H₂O₂ oxidation current on the NiO nanoparticle‐modified GCE caused by the blocking access after rebinding. A high sensitivity was obtained because of the high catalytic effect of NiO nanoparticles on H₂O₂ oxidation. Chlortoluron was determined from 1.0×10^?8/L to 1.0×10^?4 mol/L, with a detection limit of 2.4×10^?9 mol/L. The proposed method combines the high sensitivity of the catalytic effect and the high selectivity of the MIP technique. Water samples were assayed using the MIP sensor, and recoveries of 96.9 % to 104.7 % were obtained.     

Electro-initiated polymerization of acrylonitrile in aqueous acetic acid containing Mn(OAc)2·4H2O and CNCH2COOH

The electro-initiated polymerization of acrylonitrile initiated by the anodic oxidation of an aqueous acid solution (80% HOAc + 20% H₂O) containing Mn(OAc)₂ · 4H₂O/CNCH₂COOH has been investigated in the 30–40°C temperature range. The kinetics and mechanism of the process has been investigated as a function of variables and a suitable mechanism proposed. From the experimental observations the rate of polymerization is seen to be proportional to [An]^1.5I^0.5[Mn⁺²]^0.5 and [CAA]^0.5. The rate of polymerization gradually decreases at a higher applied current. The rate was independent of [CAA]^0.5. The rate of polymerization gradually decreases at a higher applied current. The rate was independent of CAA at high concentration. The average degrees of polymerization (P _n) increases with increasing AN and decreasing [CAA], [Mn⁺²] and applied current, I. The initiation is due to the anodic oxidation of Mn⁺²–CNCH₂COOH complex. Both the initiation of polymerization by the primary radical, viz., CN? C?? COOH as well as the oxidation of the primary radical at the electrode are equally significant reactions and neither can be neglected in comparison with the other. Predominant mutual termination accounts for all the observed data.     

Benzo[a]azulenediones and 10,10′‐Bibenzo[a]azulene

The oxidation of benzo[a]azulene ( 4 ) with commercial MnO₂ in dioxane/H₂O leads to a number of products in low yield (Table 1). Treatment of 4 with ‘mild’ MnO₂ (MnO₂/C) in dioxane/5% H₂O results in the formation of 10,10′‐bibenzo[a]azulene ( 18 ) in yields of up to 59% of isolated and purified material. Compound 18 exhibits atropisomerism and can be separated by HPLC on a Chiralcel column at room temperature into its stable antipodes (Fig.).     

Catalytic oxidation of thiols to disulfides using iodine and CeCl3·7H2O in graphite

A very simple procedure for the efficient oxidation of thiols to disulfides catalyzed by I₂/CeCl₃·7H₂O in graphite and ethyl acetate as the solvent, in an open system at room temperature is described. The reaction proceeds cleanly under mild conditions and was performed with aromatic, aliphatic, and heterocyclic thiols.     

Catalytic Systems for the H<Subscript>2</Subscript>S Wet Oxidation at room Temperature

The catalytic wet oxidation process is the most attractive process for small-scale hydrogen sulfide (H₂S) removal from natural gas. The catalytic wet oxidation process is anticipated to be cost effective and simple so that it can be used for treating sour gases containing small amounts of H₂S and can be easily operated even in isolated sites. The development of effective catalyst is the key technology in the wet catalytic oxidation of H₂S. The scale of operation for the process has to be flexible so its use will not be limited by the flow rates of the gas to be treated. The heterogeneous catalytic wet oxidation of H₂S has been attempted on activated carbons, but the H₂S removal capacity still shows the low removal efficiency. The catalytic wet oxidation of H₂S was studied over Fe/MgO for an effective removal of H₂S. In order to develop a sulfur removal technology, one has to know what surface species of catalyst are the most active. This article discusses the following systematic studies: (i) the catalytic preparation to disperse Fe metal well on MgO support for enhancing H₂S removal capacity, (ii) the effect of the catalytic morphology on the activity of Fe/MgO for the H₂S wet oxidation, (iii) the influence of precursor and support on the activity of Fe/MgO for catalytic wet oxidation of H₂S to sulfur.     

Efficient and convenient oxidation of cyclohexene to adipic acid with H<Subscript>2</Subscript>O<Subscript>2</Subscript> catalyzed by H<Subscript>2</Subscript>WO<Subscript>4</Subscript> in acidic ionic liquids

A simple, efficient, and eco-friendly catalytic system for the oxidation of cyclohexene to adipic acid with H₂O₂ catalyzed by H₂WO₄ in Brønsted acidic ionic liquids under solvent-free conditions has been developed. Reaction conditions such as the catalysts, the types of anions and cations for Brønsted acidic ionic liquids, reaction temperature, and the amount of hydrogen peroxide, were investigated. Moreover, the Hammett acidity functions (H ₀) of Brønsted acidic ionic liquids were determined using UV–visible spectrophotometry. The optimum reaction condition identified was n(H₂WO₄):n(Brønsted acidic ionic liquids):n(cyclohexene):n(H₂O₂) = 0.02:0.02:1:4.4, and the yield of adipic acid was 96% under the reaction scale of 10 mmol. The catalytic system can be easily recovered and reused for four reaction runs without significant loss of catalytic activity. Simple operation of the catalyst system and avoidance of the emission of nitrous oxide are the benefits of this work.     

Kinetics and mechanism of the processes occurring at graphite anode in a CaO-CaCl<Subscript>2</Subscript> melt

The polarization of a graphite anode in a CaCl₂-CaO melt in the temperature range 790–870°C at CaO concentrations of 1–8 mol % and current densities of 10^?2–10 A cm^?2 was studied. The temperature and concentration dependences of the limiting current spent for the oxidation of oxygen ions were determined.     

Über cyclische tertiäre Arsine und sekundäre Arsenoxide

α,ω-Alkane-bis-diphenylarsines and -dimethylarsines, R₂AsC_nH_2nAsR₂, may be obtained from dichloroalkanes and sodium diorganyl-arsenides, R₂AsNa. The latter are prepared from tetraphenyl- and tetramethyl-diarsenic-sulphide, respectively, (R₂As)₂S. Elemental sodium eliminates on each As atom of the tetraphenyl-diarseno-alkanes one phenyl group, and on oxidation α,ω-alkane-diphenylarsenic acids are obtained. Reduction of these acids by means of SO₂ yields cyclic, secondary arsenic oxides, whereas H₃PO₂ gives cyclic arsines with As ? As bonds. Disodium-phenylarsenide, C₆H₅AsNa₂, prepared from (C₆H₅AsS)₄, reacts with longer dichloroalkanes to form cyclic tertiary phenylarsines which may contain, in addition to As, further heteroatoms such as N, O or S. Those arsines, which only contain carbon as the ring atoms, commutate with AsCl₃ to 1-chloro-arsolane and 1-chloroarsenane.     

Peroxophosphorsäuren

Reaction between P₄O₁₀ and H₂O₂ yields the hitherto unknown Diperoxo monophosphoric acid, H₃PO₆ (VI). The new compound is also the product of the reaction between P₂O₃Cl₄ or OPCl₂(OH) with H₂O₂. Solvolysis of P₂O₃F₄ with H₂O₂ leads to the formation of Difluoro peroxo monophosphoric acid, HPO₃F₂ (XI), which has not been known as yet. Monofluoro peroxo monophosphoric acid, H₂PO₄F (IV), is formed in the reaction between OPCl₂F with H₂O₂ in good yield. Properties, especially NMR data of the new compounds and other peroxo acids of phosphorus are described.     

Green method for ultrasensitive determination of Hg in natural waters by electrothermal-atomic absorption spectrometry following sono-induced cold vapor generation and ‘in-atomizer trapping’

Sono-induced cold vapor generation (SI-CVG) has been used for the first time in combination with a graphite furnace atomizer for determination of Hg in natural waters by electrothermal-atomic absorption spectrometry after in situ trapping onto a noble metal-pretreated platform (Pd, Pt or Rh) inserted into a graphite tube. The system allows ‘in-atomizer trapping’ of Hg without the use of conventional reduction reactions based on sodium borohydride or tin chloride in acid medium for cold vapor generation. The sono-induced reaction is accomplished by applying ultrasound irradiation to the sample solution containing Hg(II) in the presence of an organic compound such as formic acid. As this organic acid is partly degraded upon ultrasound irradiation to yield CO, CO₂, H₂ and H₂O, the amount of lab wastes is minimized and a green methodology is achieved.     

A high-capacity graphene nanosheet material with capacitive characteristics for the anode of lithium-ion batteries

Graphene nanosheets are prepared from H₂ thermal reduction of graphite oxide at 300 °C. The graphite oxide interlayer has readily been expanded through chemical oxidation of meso-carbon micro-beads graphite raw material. After H₂ reduction, the carbon/oxygen ratio of graphene is increased from that of graphite oxide due to the removal of oxygen-containing functional groups as it is demonstrated from IR spectra. The d-spacing of resulting graphene nanosheets is increased to 0.37 nm, which facilitates lithium intercalation. Such synthesized graphene nanosheet material as anode of lithium-ion battery has exhibited high reversible discharge capacity of 1,540 mAh g⁻¹ at a current density of 50 mA g⁻¹, and the coulumbic efficiency was 97% over 50 cycles. The discharge curve of the anode material shows a continuously increased voltage profile, which is a characteristic of a capacitive material.