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Journal of Chemistry
Volume 2017 (2017), Article ID 1783250, 7 pages
https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/1783250
Research Article

Correlation between Formic Acid Oxidation and Oxide Species on Pt(Bi)/GC and Pt/GC Electrode through the Effect of Forward Potential Scan Limit

Jelena D. Lović

ICTM, Institute of Electrochemistry, University of Belgrade, Njegoševa 12, Belgrade, Serbia

Correspondence should be addressed to Jelena D. Lović; sr.ca.gb.fmt@civolj

Received 30 March 2017; Revised 15 May 2017; Accepted 28 May 2017; Published 5 July 2017

Academic Editor: Gonzalo Garcia

Copyright © 2017 Jelena D. Lović. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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