Electrochemistry for the Environment

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Basic Principles of the Electrochemical Mineralization of Organic Pollutants for Wastewater Treatment

   • Agnieszka Kapałka, György Fóti, Christos Comninellis

   Pages 1-23

3. Importance of Electrode Material in the Electrochemical Treatment of Wastewater Containing Organic Pollutants

   • Marco Panizza

   Pages 25-54

4. Techniques of Electrode Fabrication

   • Liang Guo, Xinyong Li, Guohua Chen

   Pages 55-98

5. Modeling of Electrochemical Process for the Treatment of Wastewater Containing Organic Pollutants

   • Manuel A. Rodrigo, Pablo Cañizares, Justo Lobato, Cristina Sáez

   Pages 99-124

6. Green Electroorganic Synthesis Using BDD Electrodes

   • Ulrich Griesbach, Itamar M. Malkowsky, Siegfried R. Waldvogel

   Pages 125-141

7. Domestic and Industrial Water Disinfection Using Boron-Doped Diamond Electrodes

   • Philippe Rychen, Christophe Provent, Laurent Pupunat, Nicolas Hermant

   Pages 143-161

8. Drinking Water Disinfection by In-line Electrolysis: Product and Inorganic By-Product Formation

   • M. E. Henry Bergmann

   Pages 163-204

9. Case Studies in the Electrochemical Treatment of Wastewater Containing Organic Pollutants Using BDD

   • Anna Maria Polcaro, M. Mascia, S. Palmas, A. Vacca

   Pages 205-227

10. The Persulfate Process for the Mediated Oxidation of Organic Pollutants

    • N. Vatistas, Ch. Comninellis

    Pages 229-244

11. Electrocoagulation in Water Treatment

    • Huijuan Liu, Xu Zhao, Jiuhui Qu

    Pages 245-262

12. Electroflotation

    • Xueming Chen, Guohua Chen

    Pages 263-277

13. Electroreduction of Halogenated Organic Compounds

    • Sandra Rondinini, Alberto Vertova

    Pages 279-306

14. Principles and Applications of Solid Polymer Electrolyte Reactors for Electrochemical Hydrodehalogenation of Organic Pollutants

    • Hua Cheng, Keith Scott

    Pages 307-323

15. Preparation, Analysis and Behaviors of Ti-Based SnO2 Electrode and the Function of Rare-Earth Doping in Aqueous Wastes Treatment

    • Yujie Feng, Junfeng Liu, Haiyang Ding

    Pages 325-352

16. Wet Electrolytic Oxidation of Organics and Application for Sludge Treatment

    • Roberto M. Serikawa

    Pages 353-370

17. Environmental Photo(electro)catalysis: Fundamental Principles and Applied Catalysts

    • Huanjun Zhang, Guohua Chen, Detlef W. Bahnemann

    Pages 371-442

18. Solar Disinfection of Water by TiO2 Photoassisted Processes: Physicochemical, Biological, and Engineering Aspects

    • Angela Guiovana Rincón, Cesar Pulgarin

    Pages 443-472

19. Fabrication of Photoelectrode Materials

    • Huanjun Zhang, Xinyong Li, Guohua Chen

    Pages 473-513

20. Use of Both Anode and Cathode Reactions in Wastewater Treatment

    • Enric Brillas, Ignasi Sirés, Pere Lluı́s Cabot

    Pages 515-552

Wastewater treatment technology is undergoing a profound transformation due to the fundamental changes in regulations governing the discharge and disposal of h- ardous pollutants. Established design procedures and criteria, which have served the industry well for decades, can no longer meet the ever-increasing demand. Toxicity reduction requirements dictate in the development of new technologies for the treatment of these toxic pollutants in a safe and cost-effective manner. Fo- most among these technologies are electrochemical processes. While electrochemical technologies have been known and utilized for the tre- ment of wastewater containing heavy metal cations, the application of these p- cesses is only just a beginning to be developed for the oxidation of recalcitrant organic pollutants. In fact, only recently the electrochemical oxidation process has been rec- nized as an advanced oxidation process (AOP). This is due to the development of boron-doped diamond (BDD) anodes on which the oxidation of organic pollutants is mediated via the formation of active hydroxyl radicals.

• Pollutant
• Wastewater
• Water
• catalysis
• electrochemistry
• electrolysis
• polymer
• water industry and water technology
• water quality and water pollution

From the reviews:

“A … book focussing on electrochemical approaches to the protection of the environment is timely and to be welcomed. … The nineteen chapters in this book are all written by authors with broad experience of their topics … . All chapters are extensively referenced. I have no doubt that this book will be valuable to scientists and engineers presently working in the field or seeking to enter it.”­­­ (Derek Pletcher, Journal of Applied Electrochemistry, Vol. 40, 2010)

• Dept. Chemical Engineering, Ecole Polytech. Fed. Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

  Christos Comninellis

• Science and Technology, Hong Kong University of, Kowloon, Hong Kong/PR China

  Guohua Chen

This 350 pages volume contains the contributions from 18 international experts on the key topics concerning environmental chemistry. It is co-edited by Dr. Chen and Prof. Comninellis. Dr. Chen has been working actively in this field for nearly 10 years and is currently an Editor of Separation and Purification Technology. Professor Comninellis is an international authority on environmental electrochemistry with over 30 years of experiences. He is the Chairman of the Electrochemical Process Division of  the International Society of Electrochemistry.

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