Citation: Xubin Qian, Lei Xu, Xu Ge, Zhun Liu, Cheng Fang, Jianbing Wang, Junfeng Niu. Can perfluorooctanoic acid be effectively degraded using β-PbO₂ reactive electrochemical membrane?[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2024, 35(7): 109218. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2023.109218 shu

Can perfluorooctanoic acid be effectively degraded using β-PbO₂ reactive electrochemical membrane?

Xubin Qian ^{a, b} ,
Lei Xu ^{a, *,} ,
Xu Ge ^a ,
Zhun Liu ^c ,
Cheng Fang ^d ,
Jianbing Wang ^e ,
Junfeng Niu ^a

a.
College of Environmental Science and Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China
b.
College of Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China
c.
Research Center for Eco-Environmental Engineering, Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan 523808, China
d.
Global Centre for Environmental Remediation (GCER), University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia
e.
School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China

xulei@ncepu.edu.cn

Received Date: 8 June 2023
Revised Date: 18 September 2023
Accepted Date: 15 October 2023
Available Online: 17 October 2023

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Aqueous perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) elimination has raised significant concerns due to its persistence and bioaccumulation. Although β-PbO₂ plate anodes have shown efficient mineralization of PFOA, it remains unclear whether PFOA can be effectively degraded using β-PbO₂ reactive electrochemical membrane (REM). Herein, we assessed the performance of Ti/SnO₂-Sb/La-PbO₂ REM for PFOA removal and proposed a possible degradation mechanism. At a current density of 10 mA/cm² and a membrane flux of 8500 (liters per square meter per hour, LMH), the degradation efficiency of 10 mg/L PFOA was merely 8.8%, whereas the degradation efficiency of 0.1 mg/L PFOA increased to 96.6%. Although the porous structure of the β-PbO₂ REM provided numerous electroactive sites for PFOA, the generated oxygen bubbles in the pores could block the pore channels and adsorb PFOA molecules. These hindered the protonation process and significantly impeded the degradation of high-concentration PFOA. Quenching experiments indicated that ^•OH played dominant role in PFOA degradation. The electrical energy per order to remove 0.1 mg/L PFOA was merely 0.74 Wh/L, which was almost an order of magnitude lower than that of other anode materials. This study presents fresh opportunities for the electrochemical degradation of low-concentration PFOA using β-PbO₂ REM.
- Perfluorooctanoic acid,
- β-PbO₂,
- Reactive electrochemical membrane,
- Electrochemical oxidation
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