Figure 1

(a) The CV response of the bare graphite (BG) electrode at 50 mV.s⁻¹ in 0.5 M NaOH without (solid line) and with 1M EtOH (dashed line). (b,c) are its LSV in 0.5M NaOH from various anodic potentials to −1 V. The inserts are zooming up of the nobler portion of the curves.