Dechlorination of Trichloroacetic Acid Using a Noble Metal-Free Graphene-Cu Foam Electrode via Direct Cathodic Reduction and Atomic H∗

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 3829-3837

  Mao, Ran ^a,b   Li, Ning ^a,b   Lan, Huachun ^a   Zhao, Xu ^a   Liu, Huijuan ^a   Qu, Jiuhui ^a   Sun, Meng ^a,b  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHODES; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; DECHLORINATION; GRAPHENE; HYDROGEN STORAGE; PH; PH EFFECTS; PRECIOUS METALS; REDUCTION; TRICHLOROACETIC ACID;

CATHODE POTENTIAL; CATHODIC REDUCTIONS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION METHODS; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROCATALYTIC DECHLORINATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTRA; ELECTRON TRANSFER; THREE-DIMENSIONAL GRAPHENE;

ELECTRODES;

COPPER; GRAPHENE; HYDROGEN; PALLADIUM; TRICHLOROACETIC ACID; GRAPHITE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ACETIC ACID; ADSORPTION; CARBON; CATALYSIS; COPPER; DECHLORINATION; ELECTRODE; FOAM; HYDROGEN;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDUCTANCE; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; DECHLORINATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HYDROGENATION; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; REACTION ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; ADSORPTION; CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HALOGENATION; PROCEDURES; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADSORPTION; COPPER; DIELECTRIC SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GRAPHITE; HALOGENATION; HYDROGEN; PALLADIUM; TRICHLOROACETIC ACID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84964336998     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b05006     Document Type: Article

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