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SUMMARY:Electrochemical Degradation of Poly- or Perfluorinated Substances (
 PFAS)
LOCATION:Chemistry A101
TZID:America/Denver
DTSTART:20250924T160000
UID:2026-05-07-04-45-51@natsci.colostate.edu
DTSTAMP:20260507T044551
Description:About the seminar:\n\nPer- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS
 ) are a large class of synthetic organofluorine compounds that persist in 
 the environment due to the stability of the carbon–fluorine bond. Their 
 widespread use in consumer products and industrial applications has led to
  extensive contamination of ground and surface water systems. Current trea
 tment methods\, such as membrane separation and microbial degradation\, wh
 ile cost effective\, are often limited in their ability to achieve complet
 e mineralization and often create more harmful intermediary products. Elec
 trochemical degradation has emerged as a promising destruction-based strat
 egy\, with boron-doped diamond (BDD) anodes showing high efficacy but limi
 ted by expense and byproduct concerns. In my research\, I explore the pote
 ntial of Magnéli phase titanium suboxide (Ti₄O₇) electrodes as a cost
 -effective\, scalable\, and efficient alternative for PFAS degradation. Us
 ing reactive electrochemical membranes and the EPA 1633 LC-MS/MS method\, 
 I evaluate Ti₄O₇ performance in synthetic waters and possible applicat
 ion to more complex wastewater matrices. 4:00 pm
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