%0 Journal Article %T Mineralization of Ofloxcacin Antibiotic in Aqueous Medium by Electro-Fenton Process using a Carbon Felt Cathode: Influencing Factors %J Analytical and Bioanalytical Electrochemistry %I Analytical and Bioanalytical Electrochemistry is an international scientific journal, which is published online every 3 months (since 2009), every 2 months (since 2011) and monthly (since 2018) by Center of Excellence in Electrochemistry, University of Tehran %Z - %A Yahya, Muna Shueai %A Kaichouh, Ghizlan %A Khachani, Mariam %A El Karbane, Miloud %A Arshad, Mohammed Azeem %A Zarrouk, Abdelkader %A El Kacemi, Kacem %D 2020 %\ 04/30/2020 %V 12 %N 4 %P 425-436 %! Mineralization of Ofloxcacin Antibiotic in Aqueous Medium by Electro-Fenton Process using a Carbon Felt Cathode: Influencing Factors %K Antibiotic %K ofloxacin %K Water treatment %K Advanced electrochemical process %K Electro-Fenton %K Mineralization %R %X The aim of this work is to study the degradation and mineralization of antibiotic ofloxacin in aqueous medium using the Electro-Fenton method as advanced oxidation technology. In this context, Pt/carbon-felt cell was used to investigate the influence of various parameters including initial pH, different supporting electrolytes, different metal ions as a catalyst and antibiotic concentration over the mineralization rate and instantaneous current efficiency. The chemical oxygen demand (COD) measurements during the electrolysis allowed the evaluation of the kinetic of organic matter decay and the mineralization efficiency reaches 90% COD removal at only 200 mA for 300 min of electrolysis.   %U https://www.abechem.com/article_39213_d623d0f0eb8f30eb0a342e6f29d3edee.pdf