Electrochemical reductive removal of trichloroacetic acids by a three-dimensional binderless carbon nanotubes/ CoP/Co foam electrode : Performance and mechanism

Copyright © 2024 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved..

Numerous chlorinated disinfection by-products (DBPs) are produced during the chlorination disinfection of water. Among them, chloroacetic acids (CAAs) are of great concern due to their potential human carcinogenicity. In this study, effective electrocatalytic dechlorination of trichloroacetic acids (TCAA), a typical CAAs, was achieved in the electrochemical system with the three-dimensional (3D) self-supported CoP on cobalt foam modified by carbon nanotubes (CNT/CoP/CF) as the cathode. At a 10 mA cm-2 current density, 74.5% of TCAA (500 μg L-1) was converted into AA within 100 min. In-situ growth of CoP increased the effective electrochemical surface area of the electrode. Electrodeposited CNT promoted electron transfer from the electrode surface to TCAA. Therefore, the production of surface-adsorbed atomic hydrogen (H*) on CNT/CoP/CF was improved, further resulting in excellent electrochemical dechlorination of TCAA. The dechlorination pathway of TCAA proceeded into acetic acids via direct electronic transfer and H*-mediated reduction on CNT/CoP/CF electrode. Additionally, the electroreduction efficiency of CNT/CoP/CF for TCAA exceeded 81.22% even after 20 cycles. The highly efficient TCAA reduction performance (96.57%) in actual water revealed the potential applicability of CNT/CoP/CF in the complex water matrix. This study demonstrated that the CNT/CoP/CF is a promising non-noble metal cathode to remove chlorinated DBPs in practice.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:470

Enthalten in:

Journal of hazardous materials - 470(2024) vom: 15. Apr., Seite 134120

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

He, Li [VerfasserIn]
Yao, Fubing [VerfasserIn]
Zhong, Yu [VerfasserIn]
Tan, Chang [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Shengjie [VerfasserIn]
Pi, Zhoujie [VerfasserIn]
Li, Xiaoming [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Qi [VerfasserIn]

Links:

Volltext

Themen:

Atomic hydrogen, Electron transfer
Electrochemical dechlorination
Journal Article
Three-dimensional self-supported electrode
Trichloroacetic acids

Anmerkungen:

Date Revised 24.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.134120

funding:

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM370271092