The anodic reactions on some materials in LiCl-KCl eutectic melt have been investigated. Palladium and Mo were dissolved seriously though Mo showed passivation behavior. In the melt including Li2O, O2 gas generation occurred at both metal anodes along with their anodic dissolution. At carbon anode, some anodic reactions besides the Cl2 gas generation reaction were observed in the melt with Li2O. The visual observation and the weight change of the anode indicated that the anodic reaction without gas generation and the electrode consumption preceded the CO2 gas generation. The potential of the CO2 gas generation reaction on carbon looked more positive than that of the O2 gas generation on Pd and Mo, which suggested the overpotential of the CO2 generation reaction on carbon was rather large in the melt.
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