Electrochemical incineration of sulfanilic acid at a boron-doped diamond anode

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• 作者：Abdellatif El-Ghenymy ; Conchita Arias ; Pere Lluí ; s Cabot ; Francesc Centellas ; José ; Antonio Garrido ; Rosa Marí ; a Rodrí ; guez ; Enric Brillas ; ^{brillas@ub.edu}
• 关键词：Anodic oxidation ; Boron-doped diamond ; Oxidation intermediates ; Sulfanilic acid ; Water treatment
• 刊名：Chemosphere
• 出版年：2012
• 出版时间：June, 2012
• 年：2012
• 卷：87
• 期：10
• 页码：1126-1133
• 全文大小：560 K

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The anodic oxidation of sulfanilic acid solutions has been studied in acidic medium using a divided cell with a boron-doped diamond (BDD) anode and a stainless steel cathode. Overall mineralization was achieved under all experimental conditions tested due to the efficient destruction of sulfanilic acid and all its by-products with hydroxyl radicals generated at the BDD anode from water oxidation. The alternative use of an undivided cell with the same electrodes gave rise to the coating of the cathode with polymeric compounds, thus preventing the complete electrochemical incineration of sulfanilic acid. The solutions treated in the anodic compartment of the divided cell were degraded at similar rate under pH regulation within the pH interval 2.0-6.0. The mineralization current efficiency was enhanced when the applied current decreased and the initial substrate concentration increased. The decay of sulfanilic acid was followed by reversed-phase HPLC, showing a pseudo first-order kinetics. Hydroquinone and p-benzoquinone were identified as aromatic intermediates by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and/or reversed-phase HPLC. Maleic, acetic, formic, oxalic and oxamic acids were detected as generated carboxylic acids by ion-exclusion HPLC. Ionic chromatographic analysis of electrolyzed solutions revealed that the N content of sulfanilic acid was mainly released as ion and in much smaller proportion as ion.