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ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA
Volume 240, Issue -, Pages 424-436Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2017.04.114
Keywords
Electrochemical oxidation; PbO2 electrode; Graphene nanosheet; Interlayer; 2-Chlorophenol
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- Young People Fund of Jilin Science and Technology Departmen [20150520079JH]
- Science and technology Project of Jilin Education Bureau [2016225]
- Open Funds of the State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization [RERU2017010]
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A novel PbO2 electrode with a graphene nanosheet interlayer (marked as GNS-PbO2) was prepared combining electrophoretic deposition and electro-deposition technologies. The micro morphology, crystal structure and surface chemical states of GNS-PbO2 electrodes were characterized using scanning electronic microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). Their electrochemical properties and stability were determined using cyclic voltammetry (CV), electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), center dot OH radicals test and accelerated life test, and compared with traditional PbO2 electrodes. Besides, their potential application in the electrochemical degradation of 2-chlorophenol (2-CP) was investigated. The GNS-PbO2 electrode possessed perfect octahedral beta-PbO2 microcrystals, and its grain size was much smaller than that of traditional PbO2 electrode. It exhibited higher electrochemical activity than traditional PbO2 electrode due to its larger electrochemical active surface area and stronger center dot OH radicals generation ability. The service lifetime of GNS-PbO2 electrode (107.9 h) was 1.93 times longer than that of traditional PbO2 electrode (55.9 h). The electrochemical degradation rate constant of 2-CP on GNS-PbO2 electrode (k(app) = 2.75 x 10(-2) min(-1)) is much higher than for Pb02 electrode (k(app) = 1.76 x 10(-2) min(-1)). 2-CP oxidation yielded intermediates including aromatic compounds (catechol, phenol and ortho-benzoquinone) and organic acids (oxalic acid, maleic acid and glutaconic acid), and a possible degradation pathway for 2-CP was proposed accordingly. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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