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  • A Rapid Photoelectrochemical Method for in situ Determination of Effective Diffusion Coefficient of Organic Compounds

    Author(s)
    Wen, William
    Zhao, Huijun
    Zhang, Shanqing
    Pires, Victor
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Zhao, Huijun
    Zhang, Shanqing
    Wen, William Y.
    Year published
    2008
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    Abstract
    An in situ method for the rapid determination of diffusion coefficients of organic compounds was proposed and experimentally validated. The method is based on a photoelectrochemical oxidative degradation principle, using a nanoparticulate TiO2 thin-film electrode. The photocurrent that originated from the photoelectrocatalytic mineralization of the organic compound under diffusion-controlled conditions is measured and utilized to quantify the diffusion coefficient according to il ) nFADCb/䮠It was found that, under optimized conditions, the thickness of the diffusion layer, 䬠is a constant, independent of concentration ...
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    An in situ method for the rapid determination of diffusion coefficients of organic compounds was proposed and experimentally validated. The method is based on a photoelectrochemical oxidative degradation principle, using a nanoparticulate TiO2 thin-film electrode. The photocurrent that originated from the photoelectrocatalytic mineralization of the organic compound under diffusion-controlled conditions is measured and utilized to quantify the diffusion coefficient according to il ) nFADCb/䮠It was found that, under optimized conditions, the thickness of the diffusion layer, 䬠is a constant, independent of concentration and the chemical structure of the organic compound. The 䠶alue can be experimentally determined with the organic compounds whose diffusion coefficient values are known. For this study, a mean 䠶alue of 4.46 10-2 cm was obtained by employing a group of representative organic compounds including oxalic acid, succinic acid, benzoic acid, and glucose. The obtained 䠶alue was then successfully applied to determine the diffusion coefficients of different organic compounds including glutaric acid, phthalic acid, malonic acid, catechol, and glycerol.
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    Journal Title
    Journal of physical Chemistry, C
    Volume
    112
    Publisher URI
    http://pubs.acs.org/journal/jpccck
    Copyright Statement
    © 2008 American Chemical Society. Self-archiving of the author-manuscript version is not yet supported by this publisher. Please refer to the journal link for access to the definitive, published version or contact the authors for more information.
    Subject
    Chemical sciences
    Engineering
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/23499
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