Investigation of Short Chain PFAS Degradation Efficiency Using Free-Standing Boron Doped Diamond Electrodes at High Current Density in a Flow Cell

Marius Amerio-Cox; Joshua J. Tully; Fengping Tang; Anna Dettlaff; Julie V. Macpherson; Timothy Mollart; Tim Sidnell; Simone Mathias; Patrick Sears; Madeleine J. Bussemaker

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Investigation of Short Chain PFAS Degradation Efficiency Using Free-Standing Boron Doped Diamond Electrodes at High Current Density in a Flow Cell

Marius Amerio-Cox Joshua J. Tully

Fengping Tang Anna Dettlaff Julie V. Macpherson

Timothy Mollart Tim Sidnell Simone Mathias

Patrick Sears

Madeleine J. Bussemaker

ACS Electrochemistry Vol. 1 No. 10 pp. 2014-2023 · American Chemical Society (ACS)

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Published: Aug 12, 2025
Vol/Issue: 1(10)
Pages: 2014-2023
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Authors

M

Marius Amerio-Cox

School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; University of Surrey

J

Joshua J. Tully

Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry CV4 7AL, U.K.

F

Fengping Tang

Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry CV4 7AL, U.K.

A

Anna Dettlaff

Faculty of Chemistry, Gdańsk University of Technology, 11/12 Gabriela Narutowicza Street, 80-233 Gdańsk, Poland

J

Julie V. Macpherson

Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry CV4 7AL, U.K.

T

Timothy Mollart

Element Six (UK) Limited

T

Tim Sidnell

School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; University of Surrey

S

Simone Mathias

School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; University of Surrey

P

Patrick Sears

School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; University of Surrey

M

Madeleine J. Bussemaker

School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; University of Surrey

Funding

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Award: EP/V056778/1

China Scholarship Council

Cite This Article

Marius Amerio-Cox, Joshua J. Tully, Fengping Tang, et al. (2025). Investigation of Short Chain PFAS Degradation Efficiency Using Free-Standing Boron Doped Diamond Electrodes at High Current Density in a Flow Cell. ACS Electrochemistry, 1(10), 2014-2023. https://doi.org/10.1021/acselectrochem.5c00121

Investigation of Short Chain PFAS Degradation Efficiency Using Free-Standing Boron Doped Diamond Electrodes at High Current Density in a Flow Cell

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