1990
DOI: 10.1002/bbpc.19900940923
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Electrochemical Detection of Organic Gases: The Development of a Formaldehyde Sensor

Abstract: Using differential electrochemical mass spectrometry, we determined the amount of H2‐evolution occuring during formaldehyde oxidation as a function in the potential region of the first oxidation wave. In the second wave, the oxidation product is CO2 in pH 8 solution, as opposed to more alcaline solutions where only formiate is formed. Formaldehyde is reduced to methanol at potentials negative of the RHE.—An electrochemical formaldehyde sensor was built with a sensitivity below 1 ppm. Cross sensitivities toward… Show more

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“…There had been two early reports of non-Faradaic rate enhancements in aqueous electrochemistry. Despic and co-workers found a significant enhancement in the time-averaged rate of ester hydrolysis on a Pt electrolyte subject to cyclic voltammetric treatment . Although the time-averaged absolute Faradaic efficiency Λ, which we define from was below unity in that study, the time-averaged enhancement factor Λ*, which we define from was obviously very large and approached infinity, since the denominator in eq 6 vanishes during the cyclic voltammetric experiments while the numerator, interestingly, remained positive.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 74%
“…There had been two early reports of non-Faradaic rate enhancements in aqueous electrochemistry. Despic and co-workers found a significant enhancement in the time-averaged rate of ester hydrolysis on a Pt electrolyte subject to cyclic voltammetric treatment . Although the time-averaged absolute Faradaic efficiency Λ, which we define from was below unity in that study, the time-averaged enhancement factor Λ*, which we define from was obviously very large and approached infinity, since the denominator in eq 6 vanishes during the cyclic voltammetric experiments while the numerator, interestingly, remained positive.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 74%
“…(27) and (28) predict a linear decrease in H ad with increasing , whereas for electron donor adsorbates (λ j > 0) they predict a linear decrease in H ad with decreasing . (27) and (28) predict a linear decrease in H ad with increasing , whereas for electron donor adsorbates (λ j > 0) they predict a linear decrease in H ad with decreasing .…”
Section: Double-layer Isotherms and Kineticsmentioning
confidence: 97%
“…Baltruschat et al [37] have developed a formaldehyde sensor. Platinum is sputtered onto a porous Teflon membrane as both reference and counter electrode and gold is sputtered onto another Teflon membrane as the working electrode.…”
Section: Formaldehydementioning
confidence: 99%