Electroreductive Remediation of Halogenated Environmental Pollutants

By Martin, Erin T.; McGuire, Caitlyn M.; Mubarak, Mohammad S.; Peters, Dennis G.
Published in Chemical Reviews 2016

Abstract

Electrochemical reduction of halogenated organic compounds is gaining increasing attention as a strategy for the remediation of environmental pollutants. We begin this review by discussing key components (cells, electrodes, solvents, and electrolytes) in the design of a procedure for degrading a targeted pollutant, and we describe and contrast some experimental techniques used to explore and characterize the electrochemical behavior of that pollutant. Then, we describe how to probe various mechanistic features of the pertinent electrochemistry (including stepwise versus concerted carbon

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