Electrochemical oxidation of hexafluoropropylene oxide dimer acid (GenX): mechanistic insights and efficient treatment train with nanofiltration

NE Pica, J Funkhouser, Y Yin, Z Zhang… - Environmental …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Hexafluoropropylene oxide dimer acid (HFPO-DA, trade name GenX) is a perfluoroalkyl
ether carboxylic acid (PFECA) that has been detected in watersheds around the world …

Synergistic degradation of GenX (hexafluoropropylene oxide dimer acid) by pairing graphene-coated Ni-foam and boron doped diamond electrodes

H Olvera-Vargas, Z Wang, J Xu, O Lefebvre - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are well-recognized water pollutants. Even though most
studies have traditionally focused on long-chain PFAS, their progressive replacement by …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental insights into anodic oxidation of hexafluoropropylene oxide dimer acid (GenX) on boron-doped diamond anodes

DS Babu, JMC Mol, JG Buijnsters - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
GenX is the trade name of the ammonium salt of hexafluoropropylene oxide dimer acid
(HFPO-DA) and is used as a replacement for the banned perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) …

Inhibition of perchlorate formation during the electrochemical oxidation of perfluoroalkyl acid in groundwater

S Yang, S Fernando, TM Holsen… - Environmental Science & …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonate (PFOS) are groundwater
contaminants of emerging concern due to their toxicity and persistence. Currently, there are …

Electrochemical oxidation processes for PFAS removal from contaminated water and wastewater: fundamentals, gaps and opportunities towards practical …

M Veciana, J Bräunig, A Farhat, ML Pype… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Electrochemical oxidation (EO) is emerging as one of the most promising methods for the
degradation of recalcitrant per-and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in water and …

Is HFPO-DA (GenX) a suitable substitute for PFOA? A comprehensive degradation comparison of PFOA and GenX via electrooxidation

LH Yang, WJ Yang, SH Lv, TT Zhu, HMA Sharif… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to the potential hazard of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), hexafluoropropylene oxide
dimer acid (HFPO-DA, GenX) has become a typical alternative since 2009. However, GenX …

Effective PFAS degradation by electrochemical oxidation methods-recent progress and requirement

M Mirabediny, J Sun, TT Yu, B Åkermark, B Das… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
The presence of per-and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in water is of global concern
due to their high stability and toxicity even at very low concentrations. There are several …

Efficient treatment of perfluorohexanoic acid by nanofiltration followed by electrochemical degradation of the NF concentrate

Á Soriano, D Gorri, A Urtiaga - Water research, 2017 - Elsevier
The present study was aimed at the development of a strategy for removing and degrading
perfluorohexanoic acid (PFHxA) from industrial process waters at concentrations in the …

Electrochemical advanced oxidation of perfluorooctanoic acid: mechanisms and process optimization with kinetic modeling

Z Chen, X Wang, H Feng, S Chen, J Niu… - Environmental …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Electrochemical advanced oxidation processes (EAOPs) are promising technologies for
perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) degradation, but the mechanisms and preferred pathways for …

Electrochemical treatment of perfluorooctanoic acid and perfluorooctane sulfonate: Insights into mechanisms and application to groundwater treatment

CE Schaefer, C Andaya, A Burant, CW Condee… - Chemical Engineering …, 2017 - Elsevier
Electrochemical treatment of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonate
(PFOS) using a nanocrystalline boron-doped diamond (BDD) anode was investigated in a …