Photo-assisted electrochemical oxidation of atrazine on a commercial Ti/Ru0.3Ti0.7O2 DSA electrode

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 7120-7125

  Malpass, G R P ^a   Miwa, D W ^a   Miwa, A C P ^a   Machado, S A S ^a   Motheo, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEM; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL OXIDATION; ELECTRODES; FLOW RATE; MASS TRANSFER;

HERBICIDES;

ATRAZINE; ELECTROLYTE; TITANIUM DERIVATIVE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL OXIDATION; ELECTRODES; FLOW RATE; HERBICIDES; MASS TRANSFER;

ATRAZINE; DEGRADATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; ELECTRODE; ELECTROLYTE; MODELING; PHOTOOXIDATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL;

ARTICLE; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; DENSITY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; FLOW RATE; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOOXIDATION;

ATRAZINE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RUTHENIUM; TITANIUM;

EID: 35348817494     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es070798n     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. About Pesticides. www.epa.gov/pesticides/about/index.htm (last accessed 10/03/2007).
2. Felsot, A. S.; Racke, K. D.; Hamilton, D. J. Disposal and degradation of pesticide waste. Rev. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 2003, 177, 123-200.
3. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Overview of Atrazine Risk Assessment, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Washington, DC, 2002.
4. Brazilian Environment Agency (Conselho Nacional do Meio Ambiente, CONAMA), Resolution 357, 2005.
5. Lapertot, M.; Pulgarin, C.; Fernandez-Ibanez, P.; Maldonado, M. I.; Perez-Estrada, L.; Oller, I.; Gernjak, W.; Malato, S. Enhancing biodegradability of priority substances (pesticides) by solar photo-Fenton. Water Res. 2006, 40(5), 1086-1094.
6. Chan, K. H.; Chu, W. Model applications and intermediates quantification of atrazine degradation by UV-enhanced Fenton process. J. Agric. Food Chem. 2006, 54(5), 1804-1813.
7. Mineiro, C.; Mariella, G.; Maurino, V.; Pelizzetti, E. Photocatalytic transformation of organic compounds in the presence of inorganic anions: 1. Hydroxyl-mediated and direct electrontransfer reactions of phenol on a titanium dioxide-fluoride system. Langmuir 2000, 16, 2632-2641.
8. Devipriya, S.; Yesodharan, S. Photocatalytic degradation of pesticide contaminants in water. Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells 2005, 86, 309-348.
9. Oller, I.; Gernjak, W.; Maldonado, M. I.; Perez-Estrada, L. A.; Sanchez-Perez, J. A.; Malato, S. Solar photocatalytic degradation of some hazardous water-soluble pesticides at pilot-plant scale. J. Hazard. Mater. 2006, 138(3), 507-517.
10. 2 and Fenton plus photo-Fenton in a solar pilot plant. J. Photochem. Photobiol., A 2007, 185(2-3), 354-363.
11. Perez, M. H.; Penuela, G.; Maldonado, M. I.; Malato, O.; Fernandez-Ibanez, P.; Oller, I.; Gernjak, W.; Malato, S. Degradation of pesticides in water using solar advanced oxidation processes: Appl. Catal., B 2006, 64(3-4), 272-281.
12. Chen, G. Electrochemical technologies in wastewater treatment. Sep. Purif. Technol. 2004, 38, 11-41.
13. Jüttner, K.; Galla, U.; Schmieder, H. Electrochemical approaches to environmental problems in the process industry. Electrochim. Acta 2000, 45, 2575-2594.
14. Rajeshwar, K.; Ibanez, J. G.; Swain, G. M. Electrochemistry and the environment. J. Appl. Electrochem. 1994, 24, 1077-1091.
15. Arapoglou, D.; Vlyssides, A.; Israilides, C.; Zorpas, A.; Karlis, P. Detoxification of methyl-parathion pesticide in aqueous solutions by electrochemical oxidation. J. Hazard. Mater. 2003, B98, 191-199.
16. Vlyssides, A.; Barampouti, E. M.; Mai, S.; Arapoglou, D.; Kotronarou, A. Degradation of methylparathion in aqueous solution by electrochemical oxidation. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2004, 38, 6125-6131.
17. Vlyssides, A.; Arapoglou, D.; Israilides, C.; Karlis, P. Electrochemical oxidation of three obsolete organophosphorous pesticides stocks. J. Pestic. Sci. 2004, 29, 105-109.
18. Vlyssides, A.; Arapoglou, D.; Mai, S.; Barampouti, E. M. Electrochemical detoxification of four phosphorothioate obsolete pesticides stocks. Chemosphere 2005, 58, 439-447.
19. Malpass, G. R. P.; Miwa, D. W.; Machado, S. A. S.; Motheo, A. J. Oxidation of the pesticide atrazine at DSA electrodes. J. Hazard. Mater. 2006, 137, 565-572.
20. Miwa, D. W.; Malpass, G. R. P.; Machado, S. A. S.; Motheo, A. J. Electrochemical degradation of carbaryl on oxide electrodes. Water Res. 2006, 40, 3281-3289.
21. Polcaro, A. M.; Vacca, A.; Mascia, M.; Palmas, S. Oxidation at boron doped diamond electrodes: an effective method to mineralise triazines. Electrochim. Acta 2005, 50, 1841-1847.
22. Vinodgopal, K.; Kamat, P. V. Combine electrochemistry with photocatalysis. CHEMTECH 1996, 26, 18-22.
23. Pelegrini, R.; Peralta-Zamora, P.; de Andrade, A. R.; Reyes, J.; Duran, N. Electrochemically assisted photocatalytic degradation of reactive dyes. Appl. Catal., B 1999, 22, 83-90.
24. 2) (0.3) dimensionally stable anode. Appl. Catal., B 2004, 57, 75-81.
25. Catanho, M.; Malpass, G. R. P.; Motheo, A. J. Photoelectrochemical treatment of the dye reactive red 198 using DSA electrodes. Appl. Catal., B 2005, 62, 193-200.
26. Pelegrini, R. T.; Freire, R. S.; Duran, N.; Bertazzoli, R. Photoassisted electrochemical degradation of organic pollutants on a DSA type oxide electrode: Process test for a phenol synthetic solution and its application for the E1 bleach kraft mill effluent. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2001, 35(13), 2849-2853.
27. Bolton, R.; Bircher, K. G.; Tumas, W.; Tolman, C. A. Figures-of-merit for the technical development and application of advanced oxidation technologies for both electric- and solar-driven systems (IUPAC Technical Report). Pure Appl. Chem. 2001, 73, 627-637.
28. Comninellis, Ch.; De Battisti, A. Electrocatalysis in anodic oxidation of organics with simultaneous oxygen evolution. J. Chim. Phys. Phys. Chim. Biol. 1996, 93, 673-679.
29. Simond, O.; Schaller, V.; Comninellis, Ch. Theoretical model for the anodic oxidation of organics on metal oxide electrodes. Electrochim. Acta 1997, 42, 2009-2012.
30. Burrows, H. D.; Canle, M.; Santaballa, J. A.; Steenken, S. Reaction pathways and mechanisms of photodegradation of pesticides. J. Photochem. Photobiol., B 2002, 67, 71-108.
31. Oppenlander, T. Photochemical Purification of Water and Air; Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany, 2003.
32. Garcia, A.; Amat, A. M.; Arques, A.; Sanchis, R.; Gernjak, W.; Maldonado, M. I.; Oller, I.; Malato, S. Detoxification of aqueous solutions of the pesticide "Sevnol" by solar photocatalysis. Environ. Chem. Lett. 2006, 3(4), 169-172.