1. Preparation and characterization of a TiO2-NT/SnO2–Sb tubular porous electrode with long service lifetime for wastewater treatment process
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Li Jiansheng, Lianjun Wang, Weiqing Han, Xiuyun Sun, Kajia Wei, Anlin Xu, Dai Xiang, and Jinyou Shen
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Working electrode ,Materials science ,General Chemical Engineering ,Analytical chemistry ,02 engineering and technology ,General Chemistry ,010402 general chemistry ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,01 natural sciences ,Glass electrode ,Reference electrode ,0104 chemical sciences ,law.invention ,Quinhydrone electrode ,law ,Palladium-hydrogen electrode ,Linear sweep voltammetry ,Reversible hydrogen electrode ,Cyclic voltammetry ,0210 nano-technology - Abstract
The broad application of highly electrocatalytic SnO2–Sb electrodes for wastewater treatment is limited by their short service lifetime. Herein, a novel substrate structure, tubular porous titanium, was applied to prepare a TiO2-NT/SnO2–Sb electrode, which could greatly improve the stability of the electrode for electrochemical oxidation process. Based on the analysis conducted using a field emission scanning electron microscope (FE-SEM), linked with an energy dispersive spectrometer (EDS), it was demonstrated that a solid solution between Sn and Sb presented a smooth surface of the tubular porous electrode. The crystalline structure and chemical composition of the electrode coating are determined by X-ray diffraction (XRD). Accelerated service life test reveals that under the 0.2 A cm−2 current density in a 0.5 M H2SO4 solution, the TiO2-NT/SnO2–Sb tubular porous electrode has the longest accelerated service lifetime of 68.9 h, which is 10.9 times that of the TiO2-NT/SnO2–Sb plate electrode. Cyclic voltammetry curves (CVs) and linear sweep voltammetry curves (LSVs) reveal the enhanced electroactive surface area and higher oxygen evolution potential (OEP = 1.85 V vs. Ag/AgCl) of the electrode. Moreover, the TiO2-NT/SnO2–Sb tubular porous electrode has the larger outer voltammetric charge q*. During the electrochemical oxidation of pyrimidine, the tubular system constructed using the TiO2-NT/SnO2–Sb tubular porous electrode as the anode also exhibited best electrocatalytic performance, and 97.9% pyridimine removal efficiency and 79.4% COD removal efficiency at 6 h were achieved.
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- 2017