Removal of hydroxychloroquine from waters by the electrochemical treatment

Title : Removal of hydroxychloroquine from waters by the electrochemical treatment

Abstract:

In this work, we investigated the elimination of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) in a synthetic solution by electro-coagulation on iron electrodes, electro-oxidation on BDD anode and mineralization by electro-Fenton (BDD, DSA) methods and their coupling. Parameters such as current density, electrolyte and iron concentrations and the nature of electrodes are investigated. We compared the efficiency of the methods on the mineralization of HCQ by calculating the rates of mineralization, the energy consumed and the mineralization current efficiency (MCE). We ended this study by characterizing the sludge formed during electro-coagulation by SEM and DRX.

Biography:

After obtaining a PhD in physical chemistry applied to energy and analysis in 2015 at Cheikh Anta Diop University, I was recruited in 2016 by Alioune Diop University in Bambey to work in the chemistry department, where I am responsible for teaching atomic chemistry -Environmental chemistry – Residue analysis methods – Analytical photochemistry. Awarded the prize for the best thesis in Senegal in 2015, I was also honoured twice at the 100th anniversary of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC100) in Paris in 2019. Today, I am also the director of the Richard Toll Higher Institute of Professional Education.