Electrocatalytic reduction of nitrate in water with a palladium-modified copper electrode

Water Environment Research

Volumn 78, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 724-729

  Wang, Ying ^a   Qu, Jiuhui ^a,b  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b Research Center for Eco Environmental Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Electrocatalysis; Nitrate reduction; Palladium modified copper electrode; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); COPPER; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTRODEPOSITION; ELECTRODES; PALLADIUM; PH EFFECTS; REDUCTION; WATER TREATMENT;

ELECTROCATALYSIS; NITRATE REDUCTION; PALLADIUM-MODIFIED COPPER ELECTRODE;

NITRATES;

COPPER; NITRATE; PALLADIUM; PERCHLORIC ACID; SODIUM NITRATE; TITANIUM; WATER;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); COPPER; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTRODEPOSITION; ELECTRODES; NITRATES; PALLADIUM; PH EFFECTS; REDUCTION; WATER TREATMENT;

ELECTRODE; ELECTROKINESIS; ELECTROLYTE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NITRATE; PALLADIUM; PH; REDUCTION; SOLUTION;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; DENITRIFICATION; ELECTROCATALYTIC REDUCTION; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRODE; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 33746996480     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143006X110665     Document Type: Article

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