[Eletrocatalytic oxidation for organic pollutant on the nanoparticle platinum coated titanium electrode]

The nanoparticle platinum coated titanium electrode was prepared using the method of electrochemical cathodic reduction followed by anodic oxidation. The surface microstructure of electrode has demonstrated that platinum particles dispersed in the three-dimensional network of channels of the titanium oxide film were in the supper-fine and well-distributed state. The nanoparticle platinum electrode owned plenty of active points and well electrocatalytic property based on the exposed platinum particles with very small diameters. Electrochemical behaviors of two kinds of platinum electrode for methanol has been performed through Cyclic Voltammetry. The results have showed that the nanoparticle platinum electrode had a much better electrocatalytic property for methanol than smooth platinum electrode in acidic, neutral or alkaline medium. The oxidation current densities on nanoparticle platinum electrode are over 100 times of that on smooth platinum electrode. Furthermore, the values of average current efficiency on nanoparticle platinum electrode are several times of that on smooth platinum electrode when degrading three kinds of organics methanol, phenol and methyl orange. This clearly revealed that the nanoparticle platinum electrode had stronger ability to degrade organic pollutants.