Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun.
1986, 51, 973-981
https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc19860973
Photolysis of hydrogen peroxide, photocatalytic effects of Cu(II) and reaction kinetics
Stanislav Luňák, Petr Sedlák and Josef Vepřek-Šiška
Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, 160 00 Prague 6
Abstract
The quantum yield of hydrogen peroxide photolysis has been measured as a function of the concentration of photocatalytically active Cu2+ ions, intensity of photolytic radiation, temperature, and hydrogen peroxide concentration. The results obtained are consistent with the concept that high quantum yields of hydrogen peroxide photolysis (Φ >> 1) are due to thermal decomposition of hydrogen peroxide catalyzed by photochemically generated copper ions in oxidation states which are catalytically active.
