Ferrites and Ferrates Chemistry and Applications in Sustainable Energy and Environmental Remediation ACS Symposium Series

Earth-abundant iron and its oxides are not only "greener" than many of rare and precious metals, but can elegantly perform numerous catalytic reactions of industrial and environmental significance, often mimicking enzymes. Industrial applications include the use of iron and iron oxide-based compounds in pigments, magnetic recording media, catalysis, and magnetic fluids. Iron oxides have shown potential in manufacturing, water purification, and photocatalytic transformation to generate solar fuel. This book presents synthesis and application of ferrites, including high energy density rechargeable batteries, in cleaner ("greener") technologies for organic syntheses, and in environmentally friendly water and wastewater treatment processes. This book comprises 18 chapters with a focus on synthesis and environmental applications of ferrites and ferrates. Topics of the book encompass greener catalysis (nano-catalysis) emanating from ferrites and ferrates to achieve chemical energy transformation, organic syntheses and transformation, as well as eco-friendly water and wastewater treatment processes, namely removal of metals, oxidation of micropollutants, and inactivation of microorganisms and toxins.

Virender K. Sharma received his Ph.D. from Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Florida. He is currently a professor in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health and the Director of the Program for Water Sustainability and Public Health Research, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas. He has published more than 250 peer-reviewed journal publications, 36 proceedings, 50 book chapters, and authored and edited seven books. Ruey-an Doong received his Ph.D in Environmental Engineering at National Taiwan University, Taiwan in 1992. He is a full professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Environmental Sciences, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan. Currently, Prof. Doong is the Dean of the College of Nuclear Science, National Tsing Hua University. Hyunook Kim is Professor at Environmental Engineering, University of Seoul, Korea, and Director of R&D Center of Core Technologies for Water Treatment. Professor Kim earned his B.S. degree in Environmental Science from Yonsei University, Korea in 1994, and an M.S. degree in Environmental Engineering from Johns Hopkins University in 1997, and a Ph.D. from University of Maryland at College Park in 2000. Before joining University of Seoul in 2002 as a faculty member, he worked as an Environmental Engineer for the US Department of Agriculture. Rajender S. Varma received his Ph.D in Chemistry from Delhi University in 1976. After postdoctoral research at Robert Robinson Laboratories, Liverpool, UK, he was a faculty member at Baylor College of Medicine and Sam Houston State University prior to joining the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 1999 with an affiliation at Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic (2014). Dionysios D. Dionysiou is currently a Professor of Environmental Engineering and Science Program at the University of Cincinnati. He teaches courses and performs research in the areas of drinking-water quality and treatment, advanced unit o