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- Photoelectrocatalytic/photoelectro-Fenton coupling system using a nanostructured photoanode for the oxidation of a textile dye: kinetics study and oxidation pathway
- Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
- 1879-1298
- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)
- Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)
- Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)
- FAPESP: 2011/21606-9
- In this study, a coupled photoelectrocatalytic/photoelectro-Fenton reactor was designed to enhance the degradation efficiency of organic pollutants and tested using the azo dye Orange G as a model compound. Pt-decorated TiO2 nanotubes were used as a photoanode with an air-diffusion polytetrafluoroethylene cathode for H2O2 generation. The sum of individual effects of coupling the photoelectrocatalytic and photoelectro-Fenton processes was evaluated as a function of the decolorization and mineralization of Orange G solutions. The dye solutions were only completely decolorized in more acidic conditions (pH 3.0). The mineralization of the Orange G solutions increased in the sequence photoelectrocatalytic<electro-Fenton<coupled photoelectrocatalytic/photoelectro-Fenton due to the gradual increase in the production of OH radicals. Total organic carbon reductions of 80% for photoelectrocatalysis, 87% for electro-Fenton and 97% for the coupled processes were obtained when using an applied electric charge per unit volume of electrolyzed solution of 200 mA h L(-1). The Orange G decays for all treatments followed pseudo-first-order kinetics, suggesting the attack of a constant concentration of OH radicals. Aromatics such as naphthalenic and benzenic compounds were formed as by-products and were identified using LC-MS/MS analysis. In addition, the generated aliphatic acids were identified using ion-exclusion high-performance liquid chromatography. The final by-products of oxalic and formic acid were identified as ultimate by-products and formed Fe(III) complexes that were rapidly mineralized to CO2 by UV-Vis irradiation. Then, according to the identified oxidation by-products, a plausible pathway was proposed for the degradation of Orange G dye by the coupled process.
- 2015
- Chemosphere, v. 136, p. 63-71, 2015.
- 63-71
- Elsevier B. V.
- Dye degradation pathway
- Photoelectro-fenton
- Photoelectrocatalysis
- Pt-decorated tio(2)nt anode
- Wastewater treatment
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2015.04.042
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- http://repositorio.unesp.br/handle/11449/131321
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