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Electrooxidation of sulfide ion catalysed by microcrystals of cobalt phthalocyanine was investigated by cyclic voltammetry in 0.5M KNO3 at pH 9.22. Traces of catalyst were immobilized at the surface of a paraffin-impregnated graphite electrode by the mechanical transfer of its powder. The electro-oxidation of HS− proceeds in two irreversible steps, with the first peak between 0 V and −0.12 V and the second at 0.17 V. The first step is second order in HS− and its product is the adsorbed disulfide, which may further dissociate to give adsorbed sulfur atoms. The reduction of sulfur occurs at −0.1 V.
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Komorsky-Lovrić, Š., Lovrić, M. & Scholz, F. Sulfide ion electrooxidation catalysed by cobalt phthalocyanine microcrystals. Mikrochim Acta 127, 95–99 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01243171
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