Electrochemical oxidation of Rhodamine B with cerium and sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate co-modified Ti/PbO2 electrodes:Preparation,characterization, optimization,application

Regulation of the electronic structure and interface property becomes a major strategy in the preparation of electro-catalyst. This paper reports the synthesis of cerium (Ce) and sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate (SDBS) co-modified Ti/PbO2 electrodes (Ti/PbO2-Ce-SDBS). Ce and SDBS could greatly change the elec-tronic structure and interface property of PbO2. Ti/PbO2-Ce-SDBS exhibited excellent electrocatalytic activity and stability in Rhodamine B (RhB) electrocatalytic oxidation reaction. The improved electrocat-alytic activity associates with the synergistic effect of electronic and interface factors. In the electrochem-ical degradation of RhB, the removal efficiencies of RhB and COD are about 0.880 and 0.694 respectively after the electrolysis of 220 min with Ti/PbO2-Ce-4-SDBS-40, which are higher than the contrast Ti/PbO2 electrodes. In the meantime, the accelerated lifetime of Ti/PbO2-Ce-4-SDBS-40 is more than 6.2 times than that of Ti/PbO2.