Indirect Photochemistry in Sunlit Surface Waters: Photoinduced Production of Reactive Transient Species

2014/05/30 by Davide Vione, Marco Minella, Valter Maurino +1
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Advanced oxidation water treatment #Marine and coastal ecosystems #Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts

paper · doi:10.1002/chem.201400413

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Abstract

This paper gives an overview of the main reactive transient species that are produced in surface waters by sunlight illumination of photoactive molecules (photosensitizers), such as nitrate, nitrite, and chromophoric dissolved organic matter (CDOM). The main transients (˙OH, CO3(-˙) , (1)O2, and CDOM triplet states) are involved in the indirect phototransformation of a very wide range of persistent organic pollutants in surface waters.

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