title: [Confocal microprobe Raman spectroscopic study of electrochemical reduction of benzene on a platinum electrode].
abstract: The electrochemical reduction of benzene on a smooth Pt electrode has been studied by confocal microprobe Raman spectroscopy. The results show that benzene can be reduced directly to cyclohexane, which is insoluble in water, adhered onto the electrode surface to form the third phase. After the drops have been formed on the electrode surface, the relative concentration of benzene to cyclohexane in the drops will rather increase with prolonging the time at a certain electrode potential, although it decreases with the negative shift of the electrode potential at first.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Suzhou University, Suzhou 215006, China.
authors.forename: Ren-ao
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.forename: Gou-kun
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Li-qun
authors.initials: LQ
authors.lastname: Qiu
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Jian-lin
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ren
authors.forename: Zhong-qun
authors.initials: ZQ
authors.lastname: Tian
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D001554:Benzene / Q000737:chemistry*; D004563:Electrochemistry; D004566:Electrodes; D004579:Electron Transport; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010984:Platinum / Q000737:chemistry*; D013059:Spectrum Analysis, Raman / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D010984:Platinum; D001554:Benzene