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Efficient Electrochemical Reduction of High Concentration Nitrate by a Stepwise Method

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A combined anode, Ti/IrO2 (0–3.5 h)–Ti/RuO2 (3.5–7 h) is designed to promote the removal of high concentration of nitrate by a stepwise method. During the electrolysis process, Ti/IrO2 is used as anode at the first stage to promote the generation of ammonia-N and then Ti/RuO2 is switched as anode at the next stage to enhance the chlorine evolution. The generated Cl2 will further react with H2O to produce ClO−, which will oxidize ammonia-N to N2, therefore improve the nitrate removal efficiency. Results shown that both of the reduction of nitrate and oxidation of the by-product of ammonia-N are enhanced and the total nitrogen removal efficiency is 85% when the initial nitrate concentration is 500 mg L−1. The avoid using cation exchange membrane not only efficiently reduces the operation cost but also simplifies the operation and maintain procedure.

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This work was financially supported by Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province (No. LY18E010005), Talent Project of Zhejiang Association for Science and Technology (No. 2017YCGC015).

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    Lian-Kui Wu, Yi-Jie Shi, Hua-Zhen Cao & Guo-Qu Zheng

  2. Zhejiang Jiuli Hi-Tech Metals Co. Ltd, Huzhou, 313028, China

    Cheng Su

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Wu, LK., Shi, YJ., Su, C. et al. Efficient Electrochemical Reduction of High Concentration Nitrate by a Stepwise Method. Catal Lett 149, 1216–1223 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-019-02715-9

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