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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
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AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.2c03677
Keywords
persulfate; carbon nanotube; particle electrodes; electron-transfer process; surface-bound radical
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [52100090]
- DECRA Fellowship
- Australian Research Council [DE210100253]
- Australian Research Council [DE210100253] Funding Source: Australian Research Council
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In this study, a 3D electrochemical system was established by coupling conventional graphite electrodes with dispersed carbon nanotubes (CNTs) to enhance the electrochemical activation of peroxydisulfate (PDS). This led to efficient oxidation of pollutants and maintenance of electrode cleanliness and activity for long-term operation.
In electrochemical advanced oxidation processes (EAOPs), the rate-limiting step is the mass transfer of pollutants to the electrodes due to the limited active surface areas. To this end, we established a three-dimensional (3D) EAOP system by coupling conventional graphite electrodes with dispersed carbon nanotubes (CNTs). The electrodes (particularly the anode) induced electric field spontaneously polarized CNTs into dispersed reactive particle electrodes (CNT-PEs) in the solution, which remarkably promoted electrochemical activation of peroxydisulfate (PDS) to generate surface CNT-PDS* complexes and surface-bound radicals (SBRs). Based on the excited potential (ECNT-PEs) at different positions in the 3D electric field, CNT-PEs were activated into three states. (i) E-CNT-PE(s) < E-organic, CNT-PEs are chemically inert toward DCP oxidation; (ii) E-organic < ECNT-PEs < E-water, CNT-PEs will oxidize DCP via an electron-transfer process (ETP); (iii) ECNT-PEs > E-water both CNT-PDS* complexes and the anode will oxidize water to produce SBRs. Thus, DCP could be oxidized by CNT-PDS* complexes via ETP to form polychlorophenols on the CNT surface, causing rapid deactivation of the micro-electrodes. In contrast, SBRs attack DCP directly into chloride ions and hydroxylated products, maintaining the surface cleanliness and activity of CNT-PEs for long-term operations.
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