Photochemistry of hydrolytic iron (III) species and photoinduced degradation of organic compounds. A minireview

Authors
Wu, F Deng, NS
Citation
F. Wu et Ns. Deng, Photochemistry of hydrolytic iron (III) species and photoinduced degradation of organic compounds. A minireview, CHEMOSPHERE, 41(8), 2000, pp. 1137-1147
Citations number
71
Categorie Soggetti
Environment/Ecology
Journal title
CHEMOSPHERE
ISSN journal
00456535 → ACNP
Volume
41
Issue
8
Year of publication
2000
Pages
1137 - 1147
Database
ISI
SICI code
0045-6535(200010)41:8<1137:POHI(S>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
On the basis of the research literature of the last fifty years, we have re viewed the photochemical properties of different hydrolytic Fe(III) species and the photodegradation of organic compounds in aqueous solutions initiat ed by them (mainly including low-molecular-weight Fe(III)-OH complexes, Fe( III) oxides (Fe2O3) and Fe(III) hydroxides (FeOOH)). Furthermore, the feasi bility and prospects of the novel photochemical methods of using Fe(III) sa lts and oxides in wastewater treatments are being discussed in. this paper. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.