Abstract:Pyriproxyfen (PPF) is a juvenile hormone agonist used in agriculture and in combating Aedes aegypti. In this work, for the first time, a study of electrochemical oxidation (EO) of this insecticide is reported, which involved the degradation of a commercial formulation of PPF on boron-doped diamond (BDD) electrode. pH conditions influenced the process; after 360 min of electrolysis the COD removals were 88.1% (pH 3.0), 78.9% (pH 5.0), 65.5% (pH 7.0), 76.7% (pH 9.0) and 80.0% (pH 11.0). The increase in applied c… Show more
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