Notice of RetractionDegradation of Reactive Brilliant Red X-3B Using a Circulating-Flowing Aqueous Film Photoelectrocatalytic Reactor

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A circulating-flowing aqueous film photoelectrocatalytic (PEC) reactor was developed to reduce the energy loss of irradiation light caused by the absorption of target compounds themselves in PEC process. In the film PEC reactor, the TiO₂/Ti photoanode was slant-placed in reaction cell, wastewater was kept circulating during the experiments to timely refresh the aqueous film on the TiO₂/Ti photoanode surface and enhance the mass transfer of the target pollutant and the degradation products in the bulk solution. Reactive Brilliant Red X-3B (X-3B) and textile effluent was selected as target pollutant. The degradation efficiency of the film PEC reactor was compared with that of conventional PEC reactor. The results demonstrate the film PEC reactor can significantly enhance the degradation efficiency. After 120 min film PEC oxidation, the color and total organic carbon (TOC) removal efficiency for 50 mg L^-1 X-3B solution reached 98% and 85%, respectively. For the textile effluent, the corresponding value was 85% and 55% after 150 min treatment.