Electrochemical reduction of nitrate and nitrite in alkaline media at CuNi alloy electrodes

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 89, Issue , 2013, Pages 488-496

  Mattarozzi, Luca ^a   Cattarin, Sandro ^a   Comisso, Nicola ^a   Guerriero, Paolo ^b   Musiani, Marco ^a   Vázquez Gómez, Lourdes ^a   Verlato, Enrico ^a  

^a CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alloy electrodeposition; Bimetallic cathodes; Copper; Nickel; Nitrogen oxyanions

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE ELECTROLYTES; ALKALINE MEDIA; ALLOY ELECTRODEPOSITION; CITRATE BATHS; CU-NI ALLOYS; CURRENT DECAY; DEPOSITION POTENTIAL; ELECTROCHEMICAL REDUCTIONS; OVERPOTENTIAL; OXYANIONS; SEM-EDS; VOLTAMMETRIC;

ALLOYS; CERIUM ALLOYS; COPPER; ELECTRODEPOSITION; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; NICKEL; NITRATES;

COPPER ALLOYS;

EID: 84874409226     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2012.11.074     Document Type: Article

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