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    三电极双溶液体系电化学还原汞性能强化研究

    Performance enhancement of electrochemical mercury reduction in a three-electrode dual-solution system

    • 摘要: 电化学还原技术反应条件温和且易于模块化集成,在汞资源回收方面展现出巨大的应用潜力。然而,传统的双电极体系常受限于阴极电位漂移而引发析氢竞争,以及单溶液体系中阳极氧化性物质的迁移容易导致汞的再氧化。针对上述问题,本研究创新性构建了以疏水碳纸为阴极、镍片为阳极、Hg/Hg2SO4为参比电极的三电极-双溶液体系,利用双极膜分隔阴/阳极室,实现了阴极电位的精准调控与氧化还原环境的物理隔离,并进一步结合COMSOL进行了多物理场仿真。结果表明:该体系在沉积电位-0.42 V、反应时间1.5 h、搅拌速率300 ~ 400 r/min、反应温度30 ℃及初始Hg2+浓度300 ~ 400 mg/L的条件下,汞回收率可达到75.45%,法拉第效率达到80.23%;同时仿真进一步揭示:提升流速可显著缓解浓差极化,强化传质过程;而随着阴极电位负移,电极边缘区域因局部电流密度剧增将优先触发析氢副反应,从而导致汞沉积不均匀。

       

      Abstract: Electrochemical reduction technology offers mild reaction conditions and easy modular integration, showing great application potential for mercury resource recovery. However, traditional two-electrode systems often suffer from hydrogen evolution caused by cathode potential drift, as well as re-oxidation of mercury due to the migration of anodic oxidizing species in a single-chamber solution. To address these issues, this study innovatively constructed a three-electrode dual-solution system employing hydrophobic carbon paper as the cathode, a nickel sheet as the anode, and Hg/Hg2SO4 reference electrode. A bipolar membrane was introduced to separate the anodic and cathodic chambers, enabling precise control of the cathodic potential and physical isolation of the redox environments. COMSOL-based multiphysics simulations were further conducted to analyze the coupled transport and electrochemical processes. The results revealed that the system achieved a mercury recovery of 75.45% and a Faradaic efficiency of 80.23% under the conditions of a deposition potential of –0.42 V, reaction time of 1.5 h, stirring rate of 300–400 r/min, temperature of 30 °C, and initial Hg2+ concentration of 300–400 mg/L. Meanwhile, the simulation further revealed that the flow rate increasement could significantly alleviate concentration polarization and enhanced mass transfer, whereas a more negative cathode potential preferentially triggered the hydrogen evolution reaction at the electrode edge region due to a sharp increase in local current density, leading to uneven deposition.

       

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