Mass Transport Influence in the SO2 Oxidation Reaction on Au Electrodes

The use of fossil fuels as energy source is unsustainable in the long term and net‐zero carbon processes need to be implemented to maintain environmental balance. One could make use of assisted water electrolysis to produce clean hydrogen and avoid high overpotentials observed for the oxygen evoluti...

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Published inChemElectroChem Vol. 10; no. 5
Main Authors De Angelis, Leonardo D., Córdoba de Torresi, Susana I., Dourado, André H. B.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Weinheim John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.03.2023
Wiley-VCH
Subjects
Adsorption
Alternative energy sources
Convection
Electrochemistry
Electrodes
Electrolysis
Electrolytes
Energy resources
Environmental impact
Fossil fuels
Mass transport
Oxidation
Oxygen evolution reactions
Poisons
Pollutants
Reaction mechanisms
Rotation
Sulfur
Sulfur dioxide
Water splitting
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Summary:The use of fossil fuels as energy source is unsustainable in the long term and net‐zero carbon processes need to be implemented to maintain environmental balance. One could make use of assisted water electrolysis to produce clean hydrogen and avoid high overpotentials observed for the oxygen evolution reaction by switching to the SO2 oxidation reaction (SO2OR). This process exhibits a complex mechanism on Au electrodes, which is strongly affected by convection, exhibiting an anti‐Levich behavior, in which the limiting current linearly decreases with the square root of the rotation rate. Likewise, the bi‐stability region observed in the j/E profiles narrows in a sigmoidal profile with the rotation rate, leading to a non‐linear phenomenon with two controlling parameters, mass transport and potential applied. These events were understood to be related to the changing in the reaction mechanism by controlling the electrode rotation, much related to the decrease in the current aforementioned. Mass transport effects: The use of fossil fuels led to the production of unwanted chemicals, such as sulfur dioxide, which could be oxidized to sulfuric acid while facilitating hydrogen generation. This reaction presents a complex mechanism dependent of convection and electrolyte chaotropicity, being attributed to the reaction pathway alteration and generation of catalytic poison.
ISSN:2196-0216
2196-0216
DOI:10.1002/celc.202201032