The invention relates to the technical field of heavy
metal wastewater treatment, in particular to an electrochemical device and an extraction method for extracting
copper from
copper-containing
wastewater, an
anode material of the electrochemical device is one of
activated carbon,
graphite,
lead dioxide, BDD and CumX1-a-bYaZb, a
cathode material of the electrochemical device is one of CunX1-c-dYcZd and a carbon-
selenium compound, and after a
cathode and an
anode are connected with a power supply, the
copper is extracted from the copper-containing
wastewater. The device is used for treating copper-containing wastewater. Wherein 1 < m < = 2, 1 < = n < 2, and m > n; 0 < = a < = 1, 0 < = b < = 1, and 0 < = a + b < = 1; 0 < = c < = 1, 0 < = d < = 1, and 0 < = c + d < = 1; x, Y and Z are selected from one of S, Se and Te. The copper-based
chalcogenide is used as an
electrode material and forms an electrochemical device with other electrodes, the device is an electro-
catalysis coupling deionization
system with electrochemical oxidation complex breaking performance, and the selective removal effect on Cu < 2 + > in organic complex copper-containing wastewater, strong acid wastewater and wastewater interfered by high-concentration salt ions and heavy
metal ions is good; by means of the device, the complexing breaking effect on an organic complexing
pollutant Cu-EDTA can be effectively achieved, and then Cu < 2 + > extraction is completed.