title: Electrochemical water-splitting based on hypochlorite oxidation.
abstract: Effective catalytic water-splitting can be electrochemically triggered in an alkaline solution of sodium hypochlorite. Hypochlorite oxidation on polycrystalline platinum yields ClO· radicals, which initiate a radical-assisted water-splitting, yielding oxygen, hydrogen peroxide, and protons. The efficiency of the O2 production corresponds to about two electrons per molecule of the produced O2 and is controlled primarily by the hypochlorite concentration and pH.
authors.affiliation: †J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Dolejškova 3, 18223 Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Kateřina Minhová
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Macounová
authors.affiliation: §AkzoNobel Pulp and Performance Chemicals, SE-445 80 Bohus, Sweden.
authors.forename: Nina
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Simic
authors.affiliation: ‡Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University Gothenburg, SE-41296 Gothenburg, Sweden.
authors.forename: Elisabet
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ahlberg
authors.affiliation: †J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Dolejškova 3, 18223 Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Petr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Krtil