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Journal of Electrochemical Science and Engineering, Vol. 4 No. 4, 2014.

Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.5599/jese.2014.0061

Electrochemical combustion of indigo at ternary oxide coated titanium anodes

María I. León ; Departamento de Ingeniería Geomática e Hidráulica, Universidad de Guanajuato, Av. Juárez 77, Zona Centro, C.P. 36000, Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico
Zaira G. Aguilar ; Departamento de Ingeniería Geomática e Hidráulica, Universidad de Guanajuato, Av. Juárez 77, Zona Centro, C.P. 36000, Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico
José L. Nava ; Departamento de Ingeniería Geomática e Hidráulica, Universidad de Guanajuato, Av. Juárez 77, Zona Centro, C.P. 36000, Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico

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Abstract

The film of iridium and tin dioxides doped with antimony (IrO2-SnO2–Sb2O5) deposited on a Ti substrate (mesh) obtained by Pechini method was used for the formation of ·OH radicals by water discharge. Detection of ·OH radicals was followed by the use of the N,N-dimethyl-p-nitrosoaniline (RNO) as a spin trap. The electrode surface morphology and composition was characterized by SEM-EDS. The ternary oxide coating was used for the electrochemical combustion of indigo textile dye as a model organic compound in chloride medium. Bulk electrolyses were then carried out at different volumetric flow rates under galvanostatic conditions using a filter-press flow cell. The galvanostatic tests using RNO confirmed that Ti/IrO2-SnO2-Sb2O5 favor the hydroxyl radical formation at current densities between 5 and 7 mA cm-2, while at current density of 10 mA cm-2 the oxygen evolution reaction occurs. The indigo was totally decolorized and mineralized via reactive oxygen species, such as (·OH, H2O2, O3 and active chlorine) formed in-situ at the Ti/IrO2-SnO2-Sb2O5 surface at volumetric flow rates between 0.1-0.4 L min-1 and at fixed current density of 7 mA cm-2. The mineralization of indigo carried out at 0.2 L min-1 achieved values of 100 %, with current efficiencies of 80 % and energy consumption of 1.78 KWh m-3.

Keywords

Dimensionally stable anodes; electrochemical degradation of organics; Pechini method; textile effluents; indigo textile dye

Hrčak ID:

130224

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/130224

Publication date:

6.12.2014.

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