A self-biased fuel cell with TiO2/g-C3N4 anode catalyzed alkaline pollutant degradation with light and without light - What is the degradation mechanism?

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 210, Issue , 2016, Pages 122-129

  Yu, Tingting ^a   Liu, Lifen ^a   Li, Liang ^a   Yang, Fenglin ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Aeration; Electricity generation; Molecular oxygen activation; No light irradiation; Organics degradation

Indexed keywords

ANODES; ANODIC OXIDATION; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; DEGRADATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; DYES; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FUEL CELLS; IRRADIATION; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; OXIDATION; POLLUTION; RECONFIGURABLE HARDWARE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER AERATION;

ALKALINE CONDITIONS; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY CURVES; DEGRADATION MECHANISM; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; LIGHT IRRADIATIONS; ORGANICS; OXYGEN ACTIVATIONS; POLLUTANT DEGRADATION;

MOLECULAR OXYGEN;

EID: 84971574843     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2016.05.162     Document Type: Article

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