Issue 2, 2021

Optical properties and photochemical production of hydroxyl radical and singlet oxygen after ozonation of dissolved organic matter

Abstract

This study focuses on the effects of ozonation on the optical and photochemical properties of dissolved organic matter (DOM). Upon ozonation, a decrease in light absorption properties of DOM was observed concomitantly with a large increase in singlet oxygen (1O2) and hydroxyl radical (˙OH) quantum yields (Φ1O2 and Φ˙OH, respectively). The decrease in absorbance was linked to the reaction of DOM chromophores with ozone and ˙OH, formed as a secondary oxidant, while the increase in Φ1O2 and Φ˙OH are linked to the formation of quinone-like moieties from the reaction of ozone with phenolic DOM moieties. Investigations using benzoic acid as a ˙OH probe and methanol as a ˙OH scavenger indicated that not only is ˙OH formed, but that other hydroxylating species (˙OH-like) are also produced upon DOM photo-irradiation.

Graphical abstract: Optical properties and photochemical production of hydroxyl radical and singlet oxygen after ozonation of dissolved organic matter

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
25 Sep 2020
Accepted
23 Dec 2020
First published
28 Dec 2020

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2021,7, 346-356

Author version available

Optical properties and photochemical production of hydroxyl radical and singlet oxygen after ozonation of dissolved organic matter

F. Leresche, J. A. Torres-Ruiz, T. Kurtz, U. von Gunten and F. L. Rosario-Ortiz, Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2021, 7, 346 DOI: 10.1039/D0EW00878H

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