PREPARATION OF HYDROPHOBIC ZINC AND LEAD ELECTRODES AND THEIR APPLICATION TO ELECTROREDUCTION OF ORGANIC-COMPOUNDS ELECTROORGANIC REACTIONSON ORGANIC ELECTRODES .20. ELECTROLYSIS USING COMPOSITE-PLATED ELECTRODES .9.

Hydrophobic electrodes were prepared by composite plating of high hydr ogen overvoltage metals (zinc and lead) with fine particles of hydroph obic materials-poly(tetrafluoroethylene) (PTFE), tetrafluoroethylene o ligomer (TFEO) and fluorocarbon ((CF)n). The electrodes were used as c athodes for electroreduction of organic compounds to give current effi ciencies and product selectivities higher than those of similarly comp osite-plated nickel electrodes which have been previously reported.