Conductive diamond electrodes for water purification

Abstract

Nowadays, synthetic diamond has been studied for its application in wastewater treatment, electroanalysis, organic synthesis and sensor areas; however, its use in the water disinfection/purification is its most relevant application. The new electrochemistry applications of diamond electrodes open new perspectives for an easy, effective, and chemical free water treatment. This article highlights and summarizes the results of a selection of papers dealing with electrochemical disinfection using synthetic diamond films.

Subcellular mechanism of Escherichia coli inactivation during electrochemical disinfection with boron-doped diamond anode: A comparative study of three electrolytes

“…Anode material plays a critical role in the disinfection efficiency, and the boron-doped diamond (BDD) anode has shown great advantages as reported in many previous literature (Zhu et al, 2008;Jeong et al, 2009;Li et al, 2011;Zhu et al, 2011;Zhao et al, 2012;Lacasa et al, 2013) due to its extremely wide potential window, corrosion stability, inert surface, very low background current and strong oxidation capacity (Martínez-Huitle, 2007). Therefore, it is important to understand the mechanism of bacterial inactivation with BDD anode.…”

The occurrence of bromate and perbromate on BDD anodes during electrolysis of aqueous systems containing bromide: first systematic experimental studies

“…Specifics of DBP formation in Advanced Oxidation technologies are discussed more critically in a recent publication [22]. The treatment of wastewater has been the subject of numerous academic studies [23,24], but is not within the scope of this study.…”

Current to Clean Water – Electrochemical Solutions for Groundwater, Water, and Wastewater Treatment

“…). These electrodes are employed for water, wastewater, and ballast water treatment and disinfection , as well as for inorganic electrosynthesis .…”