Direct and Simultaneous Determination of Phenol, Hydroquinone and Nitrophenol at Boron-Doped Diamond Film Electrode

The electrochemical characteristics of multi-component phenolic pollutants, such as phenol （Ph）, hydroquinone （HQ） and 4-nitrophenol （4-NP）, were investigated on boron-doped diamond （BDD） film electrode by differential pulse voltammetry （DPV） technique. A simple and feasible platform was accordingly established for the direct and simultaneous determination of these three phenolic pollutants. Results showed that, Ph, HQ and 4-NP gave obvious oxidation peaks on BDD electrode at the potential of 1.24, 0.76 and 1.52 V, respectively. Each of them displayed good linear relationship between their oxidation peak currents and their corresponding concentrations in a rather wide range coexisting with one or two of the other phenolic pollutants. The detection limits of Ph, HQ and 4-NP were estimated to be as low as 1.82×10^-6, 1.67×10^-6 and 1.44×10^-6 mol·L^-1, respectively. Therefore, a promising direct and simultaneous electrochemical determination method of multi-component phenolic pollutants in wastewater samples was constructed successfully on BDD electrode with advantages being rapid, simple, convenient, sensitive, in situ and inexpensive.     

掺硼金刚石膜电极表面产生羟基自由基的原位ESR研究

建立了原位电化学-电子顺磁共振(ESR)方法,系统研究了掺硼金刚石(BDD)膜电极表面在水溶液中的羟基自由基(·OH)产生规律.结果表明,在高于析氧电位时,·OH的生成速率随着阳极电位的升高、电流密度的增加而增大,增加速率逐渐减缓.与此同时,与氢终端的BDD膜电极相比,氧终端的BDD膜电极表面因具有较好的亲水性而具有更高的·OH产生能力.在电化学氧化处理有机废水的过程中,电极表面处于氧终端的状态,有利于·OH产生并保持较高的活性.溶液pH值也在一定程度上影响·OH生成反应,酸性溶液中,BDD膜电极表面的·OH产生能力强于在中性或碱性溶液中.进一步研究发现,BDD膜电极表面还可能生成O3-·0自由基.本研究为深入探索BDD膜电极表面·OH的产生机制提供了研究手段,为阐述BDD膜电极电极在污染物处理中高效性的本质提供了有效的证据.