Electrocatalysts Based on Novel Carbon Forms for the Oxidation of Sulphite
, Aleksandar Tsanev 3, Adriana Gigova 1, Nadezhda Shukova 2 and Konstantin Petrov 1Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
The manuscript describes the oxidation of sulfites to sulfates using higher fullerene carbon composite structures. Overall, the results show a qualitative study that seems interesting. The manuscript can be considered for publication after addressing the following minor comments.
- From the study, it is not clear how higher fullerenes can be capable of converting sulfites to sulfates.
- Please describe the role of Manganese acetate in catalyst composites.
- Authors mentioned, CO adsorption layer could play an effective role in converting sulfites to sulfates, but the justification is not convincing.
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Reviewer 2 Report
The manuscript "Electrocatalysts based on novel carbon forms for the oxidation of sulphite" has several issues as mentioned below. In that way, I recommend a major revision.
(I) Introduction section should be completely reformulated. It does not possess coherence among the paragraphs and the reaction studied is poorly mentioned/explained.
(ii) XRD and SEM should be better explained.
(iii) Is N2 sorption the most accurate probe for carbon-based materials with such a low interaction with those molecules? The authors should consider in repeat these analyses using CO2 as a probe molecule. Why there is a hysteresis with such a strange shape in the material MnAP-L?
(iv) XPS spectra of O1s and Mn2p should be deconvoluted and better explained.
(v) Why some parts of the manuscript are written in bold letters?
(vi) Why SEM analyses were not explored in the discussion of the results?
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Round 2
Reviewer 2 Report
Since all the suggestions that I made in the previous version were addressed, I, therefore, recommend the acceptance of this manuscript to be published in Catalysts.
This manuscript is a resubmission of an earlier submission. The following is a list of the peer review reports and author responses from that submission.
