title: Benzene oxidation at diamond electrodes: comparison of microcrystalline and nanocrystalline diamonds.
abstract: A comparative study of benzene oxidation at boron-doped diamond (BDD) and nitrogenated nanocrystalline diamond (NCD) anodes in 0.5 M K(2)SO(4) aqueous solution is conducted by using cyclic voltammetry and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. It is shown by measurements of differential capacitance and anodic current that during the benzene oxidation at the BDD electrode, adsorption of a reaction intermediate occurs, which partially blocks the electrode surface and lowers the anodic current. At the NCD electrode, benzene is oxidized concurrently with oxygen evolution, a (quinoid) intermediate being adsorbed at the electrode. The adsorption and the electrode surface blocking are reflected in the impedance-frequency and impedance-potential complex-plane plots.
authors.affiliation: Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky prosp. 31, 119071 Moscow, Russia. pleskov@electrochem.msk.ru
authors.forename: Yu V
authors.initials: YV
authors.lastname: Pleskov
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Krotova
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Elkin
authors.forename: V P
authors.initials: VP
authors.lastname: Varnin
authors.forename: I G
authors.initials: IG
authors.lastname: Teremetskaya
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Saveliev
authors.forename: V G
authors.initials: VG
authors.lastname: Ralchenko