Insook Rhee1, Eun Yong Kim2, Bokyoung Lee3, and Ki-Jung Paeng2,*이인숙1·김은영2·이보경3·팽기정2,*
1Department of Chemistry, Seoul Women’s University, Seoul 139-774, Korea
2Department of Chemistry, Yonsei University, Wonju, 220-710, Korea
3University College, Yonsei University, Seoul, 120-749, Korea1서울여자대학교 화학과, 2연세대학교 화학과, 3연세대학교 학부대학
A method for degradation of the perchlorate anion (ClO4
-) has been studied using
electrochemically generated zero-valent iron (ZVI) deposited on a porous carbon electrode. The
first strategy of this study is to produce the ZVI via the electrochemical reduction of iron (II)
on a porous carbon electrode coated with a conducting polymer, instead of employing expensive
NaBH4. The present method produced well distributed ZVI on conducting polymer (polypyrrole
thin film) and increased surface area. ZVI surface can be regenerated easily for
successive reduction. The second strategy is to apply a mild reducing condition (-0.3 V) to
enhance the efficiency of the degradation of perchlorate with ZVI without the evolution of
hydrogen. The electrochemically generated ZVI nanoparticles may offer an alternative means
for the complete destruction perchlorate without evolution of hydrogen in water with high efficiency
and at low cost.
Keyword : perchlorate, electrochemical reduction, zero-valent iron, porous carbon electrode