ELECTROGENERATION OF HYDROXYL RADICALS FOR WATER DISINFECTION

An electrochemical cell has shown successfully tested in this project to generate OH radical from Fe/O2 battery via Fenton's reaction under various working conditions for water disinfection. The cell contained two electrodes where iron (Fe) acts as an anode and oxygen (O2) acts as a cathode. Sodium sulfate (Na2SO4) was selected as a background electrolyte in all experiments to produce OH radical in-situ in an acidic solution aqueous by oxidation of iron (II) with hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) using a Reticulated Vitreous Carbon (RVC) as a catalyst.

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Dr Zelo A. Mangombo has received his Ph.D Degree in Science (Chemistry) at the University of the Western Cape in 2010. Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), his country of birth, now living in RSA, he has adopted South African Citizenship as a Nationality. He has obtained also his MSc Degree in Science (Chemistry) in the same University.