Use of Combined Electrochemical Approaches for Mineralization and Detection of Hydroquinone Using PbO2 Electrodes

The electrochemical oxidation (EO) of hydroquinone (H2Q)has been performed, in acidic media, at PbO2 electrode by galvanostaticelectrolysis applying 10 and 30 mAcm−2. The concentration ofH2Q during its EO was also monitored by differential pulse voltammetry(DPV) by using PbO2 electrode. The experime...

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Autores: Alexsandro Jhones dos Santos, Daniela Karla de Souza Xavier, Djalma Ribeiro da Silva, Carlos A. Martínez-Huitle, Marco Antonio Quiroz
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:México
Institución:Universidad de las Américas Puebla
Repositorio:Redalyc-UDLAP
OAI Identifier:oai:redalyc.org:47532759015
Acceso en línea:https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=47532759015
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Química
Hydroquinone
electroanalysis
electrochemical oxidation
differentialpulse voltammetry
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Sumario:The electrochemical oxidation (EO) of hydroquinone (H2Q)has been performed, in acidic media, at PbO2 electrode by galvanostaticelectrolysis applying 10 and 30 mAcm−2. The concentration ofH2Q during its EO was also monitored by differential pulse voltammetry(DPV) by using PbO2 electrode. The experimental results ofgalvanostatic electrolyses showed that the performances of the processremarkably depend on the applied current density and in particular,the removal efficiencies obtained at PbO2 anode were 100% and 80%,at 30 and 10 mAcm−2, respectively. Additionally, the electroanalyticaltechnique was efficiently used as a detection method during H2Qelectrooxidation and when DPV analyses were compared with HPLCmethod, it achieved a good fit, confidence intervals and limits.