Remediation of heavy metal contaminated soil by asymmetrical alternating current electrochemistry

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-10472-x

Title: Remediation of heavy metal contaminated soil by asymmetrical alternating current electrochemistry

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Soil contamination by heavy metals constitutes an important environmental problem, whereas field applicability of existing remediation technologies has encountered numerous obstacles, such as long operation time, high chemical cost, large energy consumption, secondary pollution, and soil degradation. Here we report the design and demonstration of a remediation method based on a concept of asymmetrical alternating current electrochemistry that achieves high degrees of contaminant removal for different heavy metals (copper, lead, cadmium) at different initial concentrations (from 100 to 10,000 ppm), all reaching corresponding regulation levels for residential scenario after rational treatment time (from 30 min to 6 h). No excessive nutrient loss in treated soil is observed and no secondary toxic product is produced. Long-term experiment and plant assay show the high sustainability of the method and its feasibility for agricultural use.

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Xu, Jinwei ^[1]; Liu, Chong ^[1]; Hsu, Po-Chun ^[2]; Zhao, Jie ^[1]; Wu, Tong ^[1]; Tang, Jing ^[1]; Liu, Kai ^[1];

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Stanford Univ., CA (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
Stanford Univ., CA (United States). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
Stanford Univ., CA (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering; SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States). Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Science (SIMES)

Publication Date:: 2019-06-04

Research Org.:: SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1532468

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Nature Communications

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 10; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2041-1723

Publisher:: Nature Publishing Group

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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                    Xu, Jinwei, Liu, Chong, Hsu, Po-Chun, Zhao, Jie, Wu, Tong, Tang, Jing, Liu, Kai, and Cui, Yi. Remediation of heavy metal contaminated soil by asymmetrical alternating current electrochemistry.  United States: N. p., 2019. 
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                    Xu, Jinwei, Liu, Chong, Hsu, Po-Chun, Zhao, Jie, Wu, Tong, Tang, Jing, Liu, Kai, & Cui, Yi. Remediation of heavy metal contaminated soil by asymmetrical alternating current electrochemistry.  United States.  doi:10.1038/s41467-019-10472-x.

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                    Xu, Jinwei, Liu, Chong, Hsu, Po-Chun, Zhao, Jie, Wu, Tong, Tang, Jing, Liu, Kai, and Cui, Yi. Tue .  
        "Remediation of heavy metal contaminated soil by asymmetrical alternating current electrochemistry".  United States.  doi:10.1038/s41467-019-10472-x.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1532468.

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@article{osti_1532468,

  title        = {Remediation of heavy metal contaminated soil by asymmetrical alternating current electrochemistry},

  author       = {Xu, Jinwei and Liu, Chong and Hsu, Po-Chun and Zhao, Jie and Wu, Tong and Tang, Jing and Liu, Kai and Cui, Yi},

  abstractNote = {Soil contamination by heavy metals constitutes an important environmental problem, whereas field applicability of existing remediation technologies has encountered numerous obstacles, such as long operation time, high chemical cost, large energy consumption, secondary pollution, and soil degradation. Here we report the design and demonstration of a remediation method based on a concept of asymmetrical alternating current electrochemistry that achieves high degrees of contaminant removal for different heavy metals (copper, lead, cadmium) at different initial concentrations (from 100 to 10,000 ppm), all reaching corresponding regulation levels for residential scenario after rational treatment time (from 30 min to 6 h). No excessive nutrient loss in treated soil is observed and no secondary toxic product is produced. Long-term experiment and plant assay show the high sustainability of the method and its feasibility for agricultural use.},

  doi          = {10.1038/s41467-019-10472-x},

  journal      = {Nature Communications},

  number       = 1,

  volume       = 10,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {2019},

  month        = {6}

}

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