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ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA
Volume 76, Issue -, Pages 333-343Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2012.05.036
Keywords
Electro-catalytic oxidation; PbO2; Carbon nanotube; Lauryl benzene sulfonic acid sodium; 4-Chlorophenol
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- State Key Lab of Urban Water Resource and Environment (HIT)
- National Creative Research Group from the National Natural Science Foundation of China [50821002]
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The lauryl benzene sulfonic acid sodium (LAS)-carbon nanotube (CNT)-modified PbO2 electrode was fabricated by thermal deposition and electrodeposition methods. Its morphology and composition were compared with those of PbO2. CNT-PbO2, and LAS-PbO2 electrodes. It was found that CNT could be doped into the PbO2 film in the presence of LAS. The [Fe(CN)(6)](4-/3-) redox couple in 0.1 M KCl was used for initial evaluation of the electro-catalytic activity of prepared electrodes. The results showed that LAS-CNT-PbO2 electrode exhibited the largest peak current and the smallest Delta E-p in [Fe(CN)(6)](4-/3-) redox process. The stability tests showed that the service life of LAS-CNT-PbO2 electrode was 1.8 times longer than that of PbO2 electrode. The electro-catalytic activity of the prepared electrodes was also examined for the electrochemical oxidation of 4-chlorophenol (4-CP) and the LAS-CNT-PbO2 electrode exhibited the highest activity for 4-CP degradation among the four PbO2-based electrodes. Besides, HPLC was employed to identify the products resulting from the electrochemical oxidation of 4-CP and the degradation mechanism of 4-CP was also discussed. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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