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Cutting all carbon–fluorine bonds from PFAS

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Complete defluorination of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) by a non-thermal technology is not easy to achieve. A rationally designed photochemical–electrochemical treatment train realizes complete defluorination of PFAS mixtures in complex water matrices.

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Fig. 1: Principles of the integrated UV/S reduction–electrochemical oxidation process to achieve near complete defluorination of PFAS.

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Hao, S. Cutting all carbon–fluorine bonds from PFAS. Nat Water 2, 399–400 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44221-024-00237-2

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