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ON the basis of experience with carbon electrodes, the behaviour of platinum electrodes in the presence of oxygen-saturated electrolytes has been explained1–7 in terms of the formation of peroxide. The experimental verification of the standard potential of the oxygen–peroxide couple on platinum in alkaline solution and its Nernst-dependence on the activities of the oxygen and peroxide has not, however, been published, although Bornemann8 did study the couple in acid solution. As a part of this laboratory's investigation of fuel cell electrodes at simulated deep sea pressures, the oxygen–peroxide couple has been investigated on bright platinum9.
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BOWEN, R., URBACH, H. & HARRISON, J. Oxygen–Peroxide Couple on Platinum. Nature 213, 592–593 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/213592a0
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