Access to clean drinking water is a growing concern as time goes on. As pollutants, for instance Ibuprofen and estrogen from birth control, fill these water access points, it is important to provide environmentally secure ways of removing them. With the use of Electrochemical Advanced Oxidation Process (EAOP), this is made possible with electrode construction of conductive and stable materials, such as graphene and polyethylene, respectively. There are many electrochemical pathways to removing these pollutants, like an electrolysis with a probe, sodium terephthalate (TPA). The conductivity of these electrodes can be observed using cyclic voltammetry. Once a constant voltage is applied to a TPA solution, hydroxyl radicals have the ability to be produced with the conductive electrode. The hydroxyl radicals produced can be quantified using fluorescence measurements. Currently, the leading electrodes are made of boron-doped diamond (BDD). However, BDD electrodes are non-ideal for large scale water facilities.<br/>

Graphene-doped polyethylene electrodes used to produce hydroxyl radicals for water purification

253rd National Meeting (2017)

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