Electrochemical characterization of iron oxide composite electrode for degradation of Oxytetracycline compounds: article

Oxytetracycline is one of the antibiotic compounds which consumed by livestock including human and animal. The compounds causing a rise issues towards the environment where living organism will suffer from diseases that cannot be treated with pharmacotherapy. Thus, cyclic voltammetry test was carried out to characterize iron oxide composite as electrode for electrochemical degradation of oxytetracycline (OTC) compounds in 0.5M hydrochloride acid (HCl), 0.5M sodium hydroxide (NaOH) and 0.5M sodium chloride (NaCl). Comparison degradation of oxytetracycline compounds were investigated to select the optimum operating condition. As results, the best electrochemical degradation of OTC by using iron oxide composite electrode was observed in 0.5M HCl without the presence of carbon black.