Pablo Cañizares

Bio: Pablo Cañizares is an academic researcher from University of Castilla–La Mancha. The author has contributed to research in topics: Electrolysis & Microbial fuel cell. The author has an hindex of 69, co-authored 468 publications receiving 17435 citations. Previous affiliations of Pablo Cañizares include Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México & Carlos III Health Institute.

Electrodissolution of Aluminum Electrodes in Electrocoagulation Processes

Abstract: The electrodissolution of aluminum electrodes in aqueous solutions containing sulfate or chloride ions is studied in this work. The results obtained are important in order to obtain a better understanding of the electrocoagulation process, as the electrodissolution of the anode surface is its first step. It has been determined that both chemical and electrochemical dissolution play an important role in the aluminum generation. The chemical dissolution of aluminum is strongly influenced by the pH. Alkaline pHs increase the dissolution rate by orders of magnitude. Within the experimental conditions used, the supporting media does not seem to influence greatly the chemical dissolution process. The electrochemical dissolution process depends mainly on the specific electrical charge passed. Salinity does not significantly affect the electrodissolution rate. Good fittings between experimental and modeled data are obtained by modeling the system with a simple model based on two assumptions: a highly segregated ...

Decontamination of wastewaters containing synthetic organic dyes by electrochemical methods. An updated review

Abstract: As the environment preservation gradually becomes a matter of major social concern and more strict legislation is being imposed on effluent discharge, more effective processes are required to deal with non-readily biodegradable and toxic pollutants. Synthetic organic dyes in industrial effluents cannot be destroyed in conventional wastewater treatment and consequently, an urgent challenge is the development of new environmentally benign technologies able to mineralize completely these non-biodegradable compounds. This review aims to increase the knowledge on the electrochemical methods used at lab and pilot plant scale to decontaminate synthetic and real effluents containing dyes, considering the period from 2009 to 2013, as an update of our previous review up to 2008. Fundamentals and main applications of electrochemical advanced oxidation processes and the other electrochemical approaches are described. Typical methods such as electrocoagulation, electrochemical reduction, electrochemical oxidation and indirect electro-oxidation with active chlorine species are discussed. Recent advances on electrocatalysis related to the nature of anode material to generate strong heterogeneous OH as mediated oxidant of dyes in electrochemical oxidation are extensively examined. The fast destruction of dyestuffs mediated with electrogenerated active chlorine is analyzed. Electro-Fenton and photo-assisted electrochemical methods like photoelectrocatalysis and photoelectro-Fenton, which destroy dyes by heterogeneous OH and/or homogeneous OH produced in the solution bulk, are described. Current advantages of the exposition of effluents to sunlight in the emerging photo-assisted procedures of solar photoelectrocatalysis and solar photoelectro-Fenton are detailed. The characteristics of novel combined methods involving photocatalysis, adsorption, nanofiltration, microwaves and ultrasounds among others and the use of microbial fuel cells are finally discussed.