A. Mylonas et E. Papaconstantinou, PHOTOCATALYTIC DEGRADATION OF CHLOROPHENOLS TO CO2 AND HCL WITH POLYOXOTUNGSTATES IN AQUEOUS-SOLUTION, Journal of molecular catalysis, 92(3), 1994, pp. 261-267
Homogeneous oxygenated aqueous solutions of chlorophenols, undergo pho
todegradation (lambda > 320 nm) to CO2 and Cl- by polyoxometalates W10
O324-, PW12O403-, and SiW12O404-. Mineralization takes place, also, in
the absence of dioxygen but the process is more than an order of magn
itude slower. In presence of dioxygen the effectiveness of these catal
ysts compares with TiO2 suspension.