Mechanism of enhanced removal of quinonic intermediates during electrochemical oxidation of Orange II under ultraviolet irradiation

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• 作者：Fazhan Li^a ; ^{lifazhan2000@sina.com" class="auth_mail} ; Guoting Li^a ; ^{liguoting@ncwu.edu.cn" class="auth_mail} ; Xiwang Zhang^b
• 关键词：electrocatalysis ; photocatalysis ; 尾-PbO2 electrode ; ultraviolet ; Orange II
• 刊名：Journal of Environmental Sciences
• 出版年：1 March, 2014
• 年：2014
• 卷：26
• 期：3
• 页码：708-715
• 全文大小：295 K

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The effect of ultraviolet irradiation on generation of radicals and formation of intermediates was investigated in electrochemical oxidation of the azo-dye Orange II using a TiO₂-modified 尾-PbO₂ electrode. It was found that a characteristic absorbance of quinonic compounds at 255 nm, which is responsible for the rate-determining step during aromatics degradation, was formed only in electrocatalytic oxidation. The dye can be oxidized by either HO radicals or direct electron transfer. Quinonic compounds were produced concurrently. The removal of TOC by photo-assisted electrocatalytic oxidation was 1.56 times that of the sum of the other two processes, indicating a significant synergetic effect. In addition, once the ultraviolet irradiation was introduced into the process of electrocatalytic oxidation, the degradation rate of quinonic compounds was enhanced by as much as a factor of two. The more efficient generation of HO radicals resulted from the introduction of ultraviolet irradiation in electrocatalytic oxidation led to the significant synergetic effect as well as the inhibiting effect on the accumulation of quinonic compounds.