Behaviour of the adsorbed chloride intermediate in electrocatalysis of anodic chlorine evolution at oxide film surfaces at platinum and ruthenium

In this thesis, the investigation of the mechanism of chlorine evolution reaction at (i) both freshly reduced and pre-oxidized Pt electrodes; (ii) RuO;As described in Chapter V, the influence of co-deposited OH and O species in the surface oxidation process on the extent of chemisorption of the Cl;In Chapter VI, some exploratory experiments at other noble metal (e.g., Pd, Ir, Ru, and Rh) electrodes in non-aqueous TFA solution have shown very interesting interfacial capacitance information, which must be interpreted probably in terms of more than one adsorbed reaction intermediate being present.;In Chapter VII, a possible mechanism of recombination kinetically control has been proposed for the Cl;Some of the results in this work have been published or in press, as listed below: (1) "Surface electrochemistry of the anodic chlorine evolution reaction at Pt influence of co-deposition of the Cl...