TY - JOUR
T1 - A review on sonoelectrochemical technology as an upcoming alternative for pollutant degradation
AU - Thokchom, Binota
AU - Pandit, Aniruddha B.
AU - Qiu, Pengpeng
AU - Park, Beomguk
AU - Choi, Jongbok
AU - Khim, Jeehyeong
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Basic Science Research Program through a National Research Foundation of Korea ( NRF ) grant funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (KRF-2009-0092799) and research scholarship provided by National Institute for International Education (NIIED), Ministry of Education, South Korea.
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PY - 2015/5/30
Y1 - 2015/5/30
N2 - Sonoelectrochemical process has emerged as a novel integrated technology for various applications starting from sonoelectroplating till the remediation of a wide range of contaminants. Although a promising new technology, the application of sonoelectrochemical technology for pollutant degradation are mostly on a laboratory scale, utilizing the conventional reactor configuration of the electrolytic vessel and ultrasonic horns dipped in it. This type of configuration has been believed to be responsible for its sluggish evolution with lower reproducibility, scale-up and design aspects. To achieve a major turn with an enhanced synergy, refinements in the form of optimizing the co-ordination of the governing parameters of both the technologies (e.g., power, frequency, liquid height, electrode material, electrode size, electrode gap, applied voltage, current density etc.) have been validated. Besides, in order to supplement knowledge in the already existing pool, rigorous research on the past and present status has been done. Challenges were also identified and to overcome them, critical discussions covering an overview of the progressive developments on combining the two technologies and its major applications on pollutant degradation were conducted.
AB - Sonoelectrochemical process has emerged as a novel integrated technology for various applications starting from sonoelectroplating till the remediation of a wide range of contaminants. Although a promising new technology, the application of sonoelectrochemical technology for pollutant degradation are mostly on a laboratory scale, utilizing the conventional reactor configuration of the electrolytic vessel and ultrasonic horns dipped in it. This type of configuration has been believed to be responsible for its sluggish evolution with lower reproducibility, scale-up and design aspects. To achieve a major turn with an enhanced synergy, refinements in the form of optimizing the co-ordination of the governing parameters of both the technologies (e.g., power, frequency, liquid height, electrode material, electrode size, electrode gap, applied voltage, current density etc.) have been validated. Besides, in order to supplement knowledge in the already existing pool, rigorous research on the past and present status has been done. Challenges were also identified and to overcome them, critical discussions covering an overview of the progressive developments on combining the two technologies and its major applications on pollutant degradation were conducted.
KW - Pollutant degradation
KW - Reactor configuration
KW - Sonoelectrochemical technology
KW - Synergy
KW - System parameters
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2015.05.015
DO - 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2015.05.015
M3 - Review article
C2 - 26186839
AN - SCOPUS:84930632729
VL - 27
SP - 210
EP - 234
JO - Ultrasonics Sonochemistry
JF - Ultrasonics Sonochemistry
SN - 1350-4177
ER -