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Alulema-Pullupaxi P, Espinoza-Montero PJ, Sigcha-Pallo C, Vargas R, Fernández L, Peralta-Hernández JM, Paz JL. Fundamentals and applications of photoelectrocatalysis as an efficient process to remove pollutants from water: A review. CHEMOSPHERE 2021; 281:130821. [PMID: 34000653 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.130821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2020] [Revised: 05/03/2021] [Accepted: 05/06/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Water pollution is an environmental problem in constant raising because of population growing, industrial development, agricultural frontier expansion, and principally because of the lack of wastewater treatment technology to remove organic recalcitrant and toxic pollutants from industrial and domestic wastewater. Recalcitrant compounds are a serious environmental and health problem mainly due to their toxicity and potential hazardous effects on living organisms, including human beings. Conventional wastewater treatments have not been able to remove efficiently pollutants from water; however, electrochemical advanced oxidation processes (EAOPs) are able to solve this environmental concern. One of the most recent EAOPs technology is photoelectrocatalysis (PEC), it consists in applying an external bias potential to a semiconductor film placed over a conductive substrate to avoid the recombination of photogenerated electron-hole (e-/h+) pairs, increasing h+ availability and hydroxyl radicals' formation, responsible for promoting the degradation/mineralization of organic pollutants in aqueous medium. This review summarizes the recent advances in PEC as a promising technology for wastewater treatment. It addresses the fundamentals and kinetic aspects of PEC. An analysis of photoanode materials and of the configuration of photoelectrochemical reactors is also presented, including an analysis of the influence of the main operational parameters on the treatment of contaminated water. Finally, the most recent applications of PEC are reviewed, and the challenges and perspectives of PEC in wastewater treatment are discussed.
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- Paulina Alulema-Pullupaxi
- Escuela de Ciencias Químicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Avenida 12 de Octubre y Roca, PO·Box: 1701-2184, Quito, Ecuador
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- Escuela de Ciencias Químicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Avenida 12 de Octubre y Roca, PO·Box: 1701-2184, Quito, Ecuador.
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- Escuela de Ciencias Químicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Avenida 12 de Octubre y Roca, PO·Box: 1701-2184, Quito, Ecuador
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- Instituto Tecnológico de Chascomús (INTECH), Universidad Nacional de San Martín (UNSAM)- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Av. Intendente Marino, Km 8.2, CC 164 (B7130IWA), Chascomús, Argentina; Departamento de Química, Universidad Simón Bolívar (USB), Apartado 89000, 1080A, Caracas, Venezuela
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- Escuela de Ciencias Químicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Avenida 12 de Octubre y Roca, PO·Box: 1701-2184, Quito, Ecuador
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- Departamento de Química, División de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Universidad de Guanajuato, Cerro de la Venada s/n, Pueblito de Rocha, 36040, Guanajuato, Mexico
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- Departamento Académico de Química Inorgánica, Facultad de Química e Ingeniería Química, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru
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Luo H, Lin X, Peng Z, Song M, Jin L. Rapid and Sensitive Detection of Bisphenol A Based on Self-Assembly. MICROMACHINES 2019; 11:E41. [PMID: 31905833 PMCID: PMC7019973 DOI: 10.3390/mi11010041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2019] [Revised: 12/23/2019] [Accepted: 12/27/2019] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Bisphenol A (BPA) is an endocrine disruptor that may lead to reproductive disorder, heart disease, and diabetes. Infants and young children are likely to be vulnerable to the effects of BPA. At present, the detection methods of BPA are complicated to operate and require expensive instruments. Therefore, it is quite vital to develop a simple, rapid, and highly sensitive method to detect BPA in different samples. In this study, we have designed a rapid and highly sensitive biosensor based on an effective self-assembled monolayer (SAM) and alternating current (AC) electrokinetics capacitive sensing method, which successfully detected BPA at nanomolar levels with only one minute. The developed biosensor demonstrates a detection of BPA ranging from 0.028 μg/mL to 280 μg/mL with a limit of detection (LOD) down to 0.028 μg/mL in the samples. The developed biosensor exhibited great potential as a portable BPA biosensor, and further development of this biosensor may also be useful in the detection of other small biochemical molecules.
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- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Technology and Systems of Ministry of Education of China, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China; (H.L.); (Z.P.); (M.S.); (L.J.)
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Ama O, Arotiba O. Exfoliated graphite/titanium dioxide for enhanced photoelectrochemical degradation of methylene blue dye under simulated visible light irradiation. J Electroanal Chem (Lausanne) 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2017.09.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Sang W, Zhang G, Lan H, An X, Liu H. The effect of different exposed facets on the photoelectrocatalytic degradation of o-chlorophenol using p-type Cu 2 O crystals. Electrochim Acta 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2017.02.073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Peleyeju MG, Umukoro EH, Tshwenya L, Moutloali R, Babalola JO, Arotiba OA. Photoelectrocatalytic water treatment systems: degradation, kinetics and intermediate products studies of sulfamethoxazole on a TiO2–exfoliated graphite electrode. RSC Adv 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c7ra07399b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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EG–TiO2 photoanode was applied for the photoelectrocatalytic degradation of sulfamethoxazole. Significant COD abatement was obtained and degradation route was proposed.
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- Moses G. Peleyeju
- Department of Applied Chemistry
- University of Johannesburg
- Doornfontein 2028
- South Africa
- DST/Mintek Nanotechnology Innovation Centre
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- Department of Applied Chemistry
- University of Johannesburg
- Doornfontein 2028
- South Africa
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- Department of Applied Chemistry
- University of Johannesburg
- Doornfontein 2028
- South Africa
- DST/Mintek Nanotechnology Innovation Centre
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- Department of Applied Chemistry
- University of Johannesburg
- Doornfontein 2028
- South Africa
- DST/Mintek Nanotechnology Innovation Centre
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- Department of Applied Chemistry
- University of Johannesburg
- Doornfontein 2028
- South Africa
- DST/Mintek Nanotechnology Innovation Centre
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Ntsendwana B, Peleyeju MG, Arotiba OA. The application of exfoliated graphite electrode in the electrochemical degradation of p-nitrophenol in water. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH. PART A, TOXIC/HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING 2016; 51:571-8. [PMID: 26979139 DOI: 10.1080/10934529.2016.1141623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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We report the application of exfoliated graphite (EG) as an electrode material in the electrochemical degradation of p-nitrophenol in water. Bulk electrolysis (degradation) of p-nitrophenol was carried out at a potential of 2.0 V (vs. Ag/AgCl) in the presence of 0.1 M Na2SO4 supporting electrolyte, while UV-Vis spectrophotometry was used to monitor the degradation efficiency. An initial p-nitrophenol load concentration of 0.2 mM for 3 h electrolysis time was studied under the optimized conditions of pH 7, and 10 mAcm(-2) current density. The electro-degradation reaction displayed a pseudo-first-order kinetic behavior with a rate constant (k(r)) of 11×10(-3) min(-1). The removal efficiency was found to be 91.5%. Chromatography coupled with time of flight mass spectrometry revealed p-benzoquinone as a major intermediate product. These results demonstrate the potential and viability of electrochemical technology as an alternative approach to water treatment using a low cost graphite electrode.
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- Bulelwa Ntsendwana
- a Department of Applied Chemistry , University of Johannesburg , Doornfontein , South Africa
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- a Department of Applied Chemistry , University of Johannesburg , Doornfontein , South Africa
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- a Department of Applied Chemistry , University of Johannesburg , Doornfontein , South Africa
- b Center for Nanomaterials Science Research, University of Johannesburg , Doornfontein , South Africa
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Umukoro EH, Peleyeju MG, Ngila JC, Arotiba OA. Photoelectrochemical degradation of orange II dye in wastewater at a silver–zinc oxide/reduced graphene oxide nanocomposite photoanode. RSC Adv 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ra04156f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Degradation of dye monitored by visible spectrophotometry. Inset a: photocurrent response of the photoanode; inset b: proposed photoelectrochemical mechanism.
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- Eseoghene H. Umukoro
- Department of Applied Chemistry
- University of Johannesburg
- Doornfontein 2028
- South Africa
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- Department of Applied Chemistry
- University of Johannesburg
- Doornfontein 2028
- South Africa
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- Department of Applied Chemistry
- University of Johannesburg
- Doornfontein 2028
- South Africa
- Centre for Nanomaterials Science Research
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- Department of Applied Chemistry
- University of Johannesburg
- Doornfontein 2028
- South Africa
- Centre for Nanomaterials Science Research
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Yu X, Zhang Y, Cheng X. Preparation and photoelectrochemical performance of expanded graphite/TiO2 composite. Electrochim Acta 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2014.06.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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