Tetrachloroethane (TeCA) removal through sequential graphite-mixed metal oxide electrodes in a bioelectrochemical reactor.

Marco Zeppilli, Hafsa Yaqoubi, Edoardo Dell'Armi, Agnese Lai, Mustapha Belfaquir, Laura Lorini, Marco Petrangeli Papini

Abstract read

In one paragraph

Article in Environmental science and ecotechnology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it

0cells of the map it votes in

2citing papers in PubMed

–field-weighted citation impact

1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

Field Test of a Bioelectrochemical Membrane-Less Reactor for Chlorinated Aliphatic Hydrocarbon and Nitrate Removal from a Contaminated Groundwater.ChemPlusChem · 2025
Article
(Bio)electrochemistry for the environment, ready for ignition?Environmental science and ecotechnology · 2024
Article

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Marco ZeppilliDepartment of Chemistry, University of Rome Sapienza, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, Rome, 00185, Italy.

Hafsa YaqoubiDepartment of Chemistry, Ibn Tofail University, Laboratory of Advanced Material and Process Engineering, Campus Universitaire, BP. 242, Kenitra, Morocco.

Edoardo Dell'ArmiDepartment of Chemistry, University of Rome Sapienza, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, Rome, 00185, Italy.

Agnese LaiDepartment of Chemistry, University of Rome Sapienza, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, Rome, 00185, Italy.

Mustapha BelfaquirDepartment of Chemistry, Ibn Tofail University, Laboratory of Advanced Material and Process Engineering, Campus Universitaire, BP. 242, Kenitra, Morocco.

Laura LoriniDepartment of Chemistry, University of Rome Sapienza, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, Rome, 00185, Italy.

Marco Petrangeli PapiniDepartment of Chemistry, University of Rome Sapienza, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, Rome, 00185, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Electro-bioremediation offers a promising approach for eliminating persistent pollutants from groundwater since allows the stimulation of biological dechlorinating activity, utilizing renewable electricity for process operation and avoiding the injection of chemicals into aquifers. In this study, a two-chamber microbial electrolysis cell has been utilized to achieve both reductive and oxidative degradation of tetrachloroethane (TeCA). By polarizing the graphite granules cathodic chamber at -650 mV vs the standard hydrogen electrode and employing a mixed metal oxide (MMO) counter electrode for oxygen production, the reductive and oxidative environment necessary for TeCA removal has been established. Continuous experiments were conducted using two feeding solutions: an optimized mineral medium for dechlorinating microorganisms, and synthetic groundwater containing sulphate and nitrate anions to investigate potential side reactions. The bioelectrochemical process efficiently reduced TeCA to a mixture of

Indexed as

Chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbonsMicrobial electrolysis cellsNitrate reductionOxidative dechlorinationReductive dechlorinationSulphate reduction

Identifiers

PMID37560753

DOI10.1016/j.ese.2023.100309

PMCPMC10406622

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata

LicenceCC BY-NC-ND

Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.