Journal article
Performance comparison of tin oxide anodes to commercially available dimensionally stable anodes
Water environment research, Vol.80(6), pp.490-496
06/2008
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/104608
PMID: 18686924
Abstract
Dimensionally stable anodes (DSAs) demonstrate potential for the electrochemical treatment of industrial waste streams and disinfection of effluent. Oxidation by laboratory-prepared tin oxide DSAs was compared with that of commercially available ruthenium oxide, iridium oxide, and mixed metal oxide DSAs, using hexanol as a probe molecule. The performance of the four anodes was similar in two-chamber reactors, in which the anode cell was separated from the cathode cell by a Nafion membrane, which allows transmission of current between the chambers, but not passage of chemical constituents. The anodes were then evaluated in single-cell reactors, which are more representative of potential treatment and disinfection applications. However, in the single-cell reactors, the tin oxide anodes were significantly more effective at oxidation and generated higher quality cyclic voltammograms than the other DSAs. These results suggest that tin oxide anodes have greater potential than the three commercially available DSAs tested for industrial waste stream treatment and effluent disinfection.
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- Title
- Performance comparison of tin oxide anodes to commercially available dimensionally stable anodes
- Creators
- Richard J Watts - Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164-2910, USA. rjwatts@wsu.eduDennis D FinnMegan S WyethAmy L Teel
- Publication Details
- Water environment research, Vol.80(6), pp.490-496
- Academic Unit
- Civil and Environmental Engineering, Department of
- Publisher
- United States
- Identifiers
- 99900546817901842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article