Journal
APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL
Volume 154, Issue -, Pages 206-212Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2014.02.028
Keywords
Nitrogen-doped nanodiamond; Electrocatalyst; Electroreductive debromination; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers; Diamond rod array
Funding
- National Basic Research Program of China [2011CB936002]
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Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are a class of persistent and toxic pollutants. They are widely distributed in environment and present a potential risk to environment and public health. Thus, it is important to develop effective and feasible methods to remove them from ecosystem. Here, we presented a novel vertically aligned nitrogen-doped nanodiamond (VA-NDD)/Si rod array (RA) electrode with a low hydrogen evolution potential, 1.95 V vs Hg/Hg2SO4 electrode, and superior activity for electroreductive debromination of persistent 2,2',4,4'-tetrabromodiphenyl ether (BDE-47). Over 97% BDE-47 (20 mg/L) was electrochemically reduced in 2 h at -1.85 V with a first-order kinetic constant of 1.93 h(-1), which was 8.7 times, 4.7 times, 3.5 times and 2.3 times as great as those of boron-doped diamond (BDD)/Si RA, graphite, Pt wafer and Pd film electrodes under the experimental conditions applied. The durability test demonstrated VA-NDD/Si RA electrode was stable and reusable. Furthermore, the intermediates analysis revealed that BDE-47 could be debrominated completely to diphenyl ether. (c) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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