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Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society (BKCS)

ISSN 0253-2964(Print)
ISSN 1229-5949(Online)
Volume 28, Number 8
BKCSDE 28(8)
August 20, 2007 

 
Title
Electro-oxidation Kinetics of Cerium(III) in Nitric Acid Using Divided Electrochemical Cell for Application in the Mediated Electrochemical Oxidation of Phenol
Author
Manickam Matheswaran, Subramanian Balaji, Sang Joon Chung, Il Shik Moon*
Keywords
Direct electrochemical oxidation, Mediated electrochemical oxidation, Cerium, Nitric acid, Phenol
Abstract
The electrochemical oxidation of cerium(III) was carried out using divided and undivided electrochemical cells in nitric acid medium. It was found that divided cell with Nafion 324 as the separator gave good conversion yield with high current efficiency compared to the undivided cell. The efficiency of the divided electrochemical cell was further optimized in terms of cell voltage, temperature, flow rate of solution recirculation, concentrations of Ce(III) and nitric acid. The better conditions for 1 M Ce(III) in 3 M nitric acid were found to be 2.5 V, 363 K and 100 mL/min recirculation flow rate based on the current efficiency under the experimental conditions investigated. The Ce(IV) oxidant produced was used as a mediator for the mineralization of phenol. The mineralization efficiency of the cerium mediated electrochemical oxidation was found rapid and higher compared to the direct electrochemical oxidation based on CO2 evolution under the same conditions.
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1329 - 1334
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