Electro-oxidation of perfluorooctanoic acid by carbon nanotube sponge anode and the mechanism

Chemosphere

Volumn 141, Issue , 2015, Pages 120-126

  Xue, An ^a,b   Yuan, Zi Wen ^a,b   Sun, Yan ^a,b   Cao, An Yuan ^a   Zhao, Hua Zhang ^a,b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Carbon nanotube sponge; Electro oxidation; Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ANODES; EFFICIENCY; ELECTROCHEMICAL OXIDATION; ELECTROOXIDATION; MORPHOLOGY; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY; WATER POLLUTION;

CONTAMINATED WATER; ELECTRO-OXIDATION MECHANISM; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; PERFLUOROCARBOXYLIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

CARBON NANOTUBE; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; WATER; FLUOROCARBON; OCTANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADSORPTION; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; ELECTRODE; ELECTROKINESIS; FULLERENE; HYDROLYSIS; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; OXIDATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; GENERAL DEVICE; HYDROLYSIS; HYDROPHILICITY; MORPHOLOGY; OXIDATION; SPONGE; WATER CONTAMINATION; ADSORPTION; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROLYSIS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PROCEDURES; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADSORPTION; CAPRYLATES; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYSIS; FLUOROCARBONS; NANOTUBES, CARBON; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84955453759     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2015.06.095     Document Type: Article

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