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The Persulfate Process for the Mediated Oxidation of Organic Pollutants

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The electrochemical treatment of effluents with conventional anodic materials is not very efficient in terms of organic pollutant oxidation and produces a large amount of oxygen. These results can be enhanced by mediated oxidation that produces stronger oxidants than oxygen which oxidize the organic pollutants. New electrode materials like, boron-doped diamond (BDD) shows a high selectivity toward organic pollutants and the oxygen is not easily produced. Consequently the contribution of mediated oxidation cannot be excluded, but probably occurs in a different way. This chapter re-examines at the light of the present knowledge the mediated oxidation with the BDD anode, tests the used mediated oxidation method, and proposes an alternative method to increase the positive contribution of this oxidation during electrochemical treatment with BDD anodes.

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Vatistas, N., Comninellis, C. (2010). The Persulfate Process for the Mediated Oxidation of Organic Pollutants. In: Comninellis, C., Chen, G. (eds) Electrochemistry for the Environment. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-68318-8_9

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