Electrochemical behaviors and influence factors of copper and copper alloys cathode for electrocatalytic nitrate removal.
Journal: Water Environment Research : A Research Publication Of The Water Environment Federation
Abstract
The electrocatalytic activities of a series of copper alloys, Cu/Ni/Zn (Cu60 Ni15 Zn25 ) and Cu/Zn (Cu62 Zn38 ), toward the reduction of nitrate were investigated, in comparison with that of pure copper. Electrochemical analysis showed that the copper alloy electrode exhibited higher electrochemical reduction rate of nitrate. The extreme difference (R) between the orthogonal experiments revealed that the