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Working mechanism of CTAB as an inhibitor of platinum anode sulfur passivation

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Hydrogen sulfide is a toxic and hazardous gas that is commonly present in livestock farms, affecting the health of animals and workers. Electrochemical treatment is supposed to be a promising method for H2S control emission. However, this method has a disadvantage in that the product of elemental sulfur causes passivation of the electrode. Herein, hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB), a cationic surfactant, is introduced as an electrolyte additive to inhibition of passivation. The effect of electrolyte additives on the degradation of sulfur ions was investigated using linear sweep voltammetry, chronoamperometry, and electrical impedance spectroscopy. Electrolysis of S2− has been done in a potentiostatic regime at potential 6 V in 0.1 M potassium nitrate-supported electrolyte pH 11.5. The introduction of CTAB resulted in a 53% increase in the degradation of S2− in 3 h. In situ Raman spectrums reveal that CTAB enhances the adsorption of reactant sulfur ions on the Pt electrode, which improves the electron transfer step kinetics due to a combination of \({\uppsi }_{1}\) effect and the concept of specific adsorption. The proposed electrochemical technology introducing surfactants is promising for wastewater S2− removal.

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This work was financially supported by Guangdong Province Science and Technology Plan Application-oriented Projects (2016B020240003).

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    Lixin Huang, Jie Tan, Zhenjie Yuan, Zhanchang Pan & Guanghui Hu

  2. School of Environment Science and Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, Guangdong, China

    Yuxin Li & Yanbin Xu

  3. Institute of Resource Utilization and Rare Earth Development, Guangdong Academy of Science, Guangzhou, 510640, Guangdong, China

    Zhiqiang Liu

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Lixin Huang: investigation, formal analysis, writing-original draft, writing-review and editing; Jie Tan, Zhenjie Yuan, and Yuxin Li: formal analysis; Zhanchang Pan: formal analysis, writing-review and editing, funding acquisition; Guanghui Hu: formal analysis, writing-review; Yanbin Xu: formal analysis, writing-review and editing, funding acquisition. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

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Huang, L., Tan, J., Yuan, Z. et al. Working mechanism of CTAB as an inhibitor of platinum anode sulfur passivation. J Solid State Electrochem 28, 137–146 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-023-05658-9

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