Issue 117, 2015
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Azide as an oxidant in the cathodic reaction of bioelectrochemical systems (BESs)

Xiangtong Zhou,a   Youpeng Qu,b   Byung Hong Kim,acd   Yue Du,a   Da Li,a   Jia Liua  and  Yujie Feng*a  

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a State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, 73 Huanghe Road, Harbin 150090, P. R. China
E-mail: yujief@hit.edu.cn

b School of Life Science and Biotechnology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Nangang District, Harbin, P. R. China

c Bioelectrochemistry Laboratory, Water Environment and Remediation Research Centre, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea

d Fuel Cell Institute, National University of Malaysia, 43600 UKM, Bangi, Malaysia

Abstract

Azide could be used as an oxidant in the cathodic reaction in BESs, and produced a peak current of 0.37 mA. An estimation based on electron balance showed that azide reduction at the abiotic cathode was an eight-electron reaction, with NH3 as the only reduction product.

Graphical abstract: Azide as an oxidant in the cathodic reaction of bioelectrochemical systems (BESs)

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C5RA19805D
Article type
Communication
Submitted
25 Sep 2015
Accepted
28 Oct 2015
First published
28 Oct 2015

RSC Adv., 2015,5, 97076-97079

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Azide as an oxidant in the cathodic reaction of bioelectrochemical systems (BESs)

X. Zhou, Y. Qu, B. H. Kim, Y. Du, D. Li, J. Liu and Y. Feng, RSC Adv., 2015, 5, 97076 DOI: 10.1039/C5RA19805D

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