This investigation attempted to study electrochemical oxidation of formaldehyde at lower concentrations. Experiments were carried out in a batch electrochemical reactor using commercially available RuO2 coated titanium and SS as anode and cathode respectively and covering a wide range in operating conditions. Further, the statistical tool Response surface methodology by Box-Behnken design was u...

The transition-metal perovskites SrFel.,Cox03 (0 i x 51) are of a great interest because the high oxidation states of the transition-metal (Fe(IV), Co(N)) can be stabilized. Moreover these compounds exhibit interesting magnetic properties. These oxygen stoichiometric phases have been prepared only under high oxygen pressures. A novel preparation method of these phases has been investigated usin...

A novel assay for the electrochemical detection of 4-nonylphenol (4-NP) based on carbon nanotubes modified screen-printed carbon electrodes (CNTs-SPCEs) has been investigated. The electrochemical behavior of the modified SPCEs and the mechanism of the oxidation of NP were investigated using cyclic voltammetry. The differential pulse voltammetry parameters were optimized for quantitative determi...

The electrochemical oxidation behaviour at boron doped diamond and glassy carbon electrodes of the sulphur-containing amino acids cysteine and methionine, using cyclic and differential pulse voltammetry over a wide pH range, was compared. The oxidation reactions of these amino acids are irreversible, diffusion-controlled pH dependent processes, and occur in a complex cascade mechanism. The amin...

Enzymatic and microbial electrochemical systems (MESs) utilize the ability of biological components— enzymes and microbes—to catalyze an oxidation or reduction reaction at solid-state electrodes. A commonly known system is the microbial fuel cell in which electricity is produced via the microbially catalyzed oxidation of organic matter. The electrochemical systems that are discussed have a wide...

The present study focuses on effects of operational parameters on electrochemical wastewater treatment for synthetic wastewater. Electro-oxidation has emerged as one of the advanced oxidation processes gaining more attention because it offers many distinctive advantages over other conventional methods such as versatility, high treatment efficiency, safety, amenability of automation and cost eff...

MPd (M = Co, or Cu) nanoparticles (NPs) were synthesized by borane-amine reduction of metal acetylacetonates. The size of the MPd NPs was controlled at 3.5 nm and their compositions were tuned by the molar ratios of the metal precursors. These MPd NPs were active catalysts for electrochemical oxidation of formic acid and the Cu30Pd70 NPs showed the highest mass activity at 1192.9 A gPd(-1), muc...

Films of Prussian Blue (PB) deposited by electroreduction in the absence of K + have absorbance maxima at 730 nm which narrow and shift on voltammetric cycling in KCI solution to 690 nm, these absorptions being deemed diagnostic of 'insoluble' and 'soluble' PB respectively. Spectroelectrochemistry shows that the initial deposit even in K + solution is invariably the insoluble form, being then c...

The present chapter describes a new technology of pressure oxidation/cyanidation leaching for the dissolution of gold and silver and the recovery of the precious metals by using the electrochemical process of Electrocoagulation (EC). The novel method demonstrates that the oxidation and dissolution of gold and silver in alkaline cyanide solution can be conducted simultaneously in the same reacto...

This study presents the theory and kinetics of electrochemical dlegradation of resorcinol in the presence of chloride using Tifl'i02 Ru02 Ir02 electrode. The rate constant is affected by chloride concentration, initial resorcinol concentration and current density. The rate of electrochemical oxidation is found to be a pseudo first order kinetic process. The maximum rate of reaction is obtained ...