Publications related to Bromide

Reactions of hypobromous acid with dimethyl selenide, dimethyl diselenide and other organic selenium compounds: kinetics and product formation

Selenium (Se) is an essential micronutrient for many living organisms particularly due to its unique redox properties. We recently found that the sulfur (S) analog for dimethyl selenide (DMSe), i.e. dimethyl sulfide (DMS), reacts fast with the marine oxida ...

Royal Soc Chemistry2024

Oxidation processes and me

Urs von Gunten

This publication summarizes my journey in the field of chemical oxidation processes for water treatment over the last 30+ years. Initially, the efficiency of the application of chemical oxidants for micropollutant abatement was assessed by the abatement of ...

Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd2024

Photogeneration of Hydrogen: Insights from a Pt(II)-Complex Incorporated into a Covalent Organic Framework

Federico De Biasi, Paolo Costa

Pt(II)-based molecular catalysts stand as a prototypical system in hydrogen evolution reactions (HER) owing to their consistently elevated activity levels. Their integration into heterogeneous systems thus provides an ideal platform to develop catalytic ma ...

Wiley-VCH Verlag2024

Widespread detection of chlorine oxyacids in the Arctic atmosphere

Julia Schmale, Ivo Fabio Beck, Hélène Paule Angot

Observations are reported of HClO3 and HClO4 in the atmosphere and their widespread occurrence over the pan-Arctic during spring, providing further insights into atmospheric chlorine cycling in the polar environment. ...

Nature Portfolio2023

Deriving Major Ion Concentrations at High Resolution from Continuous Electrical Conductivity Measurements in Karst Systems

Paolo Benettin

Time series of hydrochemical parameters support the investigation of dominant karst hydrological processes and conceptual model structures. Nevertheless, high costs for sample collection and analyses cause hydrochemical data to be rarely available at a suf ...

SPRINGER INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING AG2023

Role of ions and interfaces for efficient and stable perovskite solar cells

Anand Agarwalla

Perovskite Solar Cells (PSCs) have grabbed global attention of the researchers due to their outstanding Photovoltaic (PV) performance. PSCs have the potential to be the future of the PV technology as they can generate power with performance being comparabl ...

EPFL2021

Reaction of DMS and HOBr as a Sink for Marine DMS and an Inhibitor of Bromoform Formation

Urs von Gunten, Boris Droz

Recently, we suggested that hypobromous acid (HOBr) is a sink for the marine volatile organic sulfur compound dimethyl sulfide (DMS). However, HOBr is also known to react with reactive moieties of dissolved organic matter (DOM) such as phenolic compounds t ...

2021

Enhanced Treatment of Municipal Wastewater Effluents by Fe-TAML/H2O2: Efficiency of Micropollutant Abatement

Urs von Gunten

Combining iron with a tetraamido-macrocyclic ligand (Fe-TAML) as a catalyst and with hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) as the bulk oxidant is a process that has been suggested for the oxidative abatement of micropollutants during water treatment. In this study, the ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2021

How ageing shapes body and space representations: A comparison study between healthy young and older adults

Olaf Blanke, Andrea Serino, Michela Bassolino, Matteo Franza, Giuliana Sorrentino, Charlène Zuber

To efficiently interact with the external world, the brain needs to represent the size of the involved body parts - body representations (BR) - and the space around the body in which the interactions with the environment take place - peripersonal space rep ...

2020

Kinetic and mechanistic aspects of selenite oxidation by chlorine, bromine, monochloramine, ozone, permanganate, and hydrogen peroxide

Urs von Gunten

Selenium (mainly in the forms of selenite (Se(IV)) and selenate (Se(VI)) is a regulated drinking water contaminant, but there is little information on the kinetics and mechanisms of Se(IV) oxidation during water treatment. Species-specific and apparent sec ...

2019

Hypobromous Acid as an Unaccounted Sink for Marine Dimethyl Sulfide?

Urs von Gunten, Boris Droz

Marine emissions of dimethyl sulfide (DMS) to the atmosphere play a fundamental role in the global sulfur (5) cycle and have important consequences for the Earth's radiative balance. In the ocean, DMS is mainly produced by marine algae and bacteria via cle ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2019

High Influence of Potassium Bromide on Thermal Decomposition of Ammonia Borane

Andreas Züttel

The present paper presents a thorough experimental investigation of mechanistic pathways of thermal decomposition of ammonia borane (AB) and its mixture with KBr. A comparative detection and temperature-dependent in situ monitoring of the decomposition pro ...

Amer Chemical Soc2016

The Role of Bromide in Oxidative Water Treatment

Michèle Bernadette Heeb

Bromide (Br-) levels in fresh waters range from a few ¿gL-1 to several mgL-1. In seawater its concentration is about 67 mgL-1. The goal of this thesis is to assess the fate of bromide during oxidative water treatment and to explore its influence on these t ...

EPFL2016

Regioselective Nitration and/or Halogenation of Iridabenzofurans through Electrophilic Substitution

Andrew Francis Dalebrook

Regioselective electrophilic substitution reactions of the iridabenzofurans [Ir(C7H5O{OMe-7})(CO)(PPh3)(2)]-[OTf] (1) and IrCl(C7H5O{OMe-7})(PPh3)(2) (2) provide a convenient route to mononitro-, dinitro-, and mixed nitro-/halo- substituted derivatives. Tr ...

Amer Chemical Soc2016

Are reactions between allylpotassiums and halotrimethylsilanes diffusion-controlled?

Eric Masson

The order of reactivity (X = F < Cl < Br < I) determined for the reaction of the model nucleophile pinenylpotassium with halotrimethylsilanes XSi(CH3)(3) in hexane and with halotriisopropylsilanes XSi(iC(3)H(7))(3) in tetrahydrofuran supports a single-step ...

Arkat Usa Inc2015

Formation of disinfection by-products during ballast water treatment with ozone, chlorine, and peracetic acid: influence of water quality parameters

Urs von Gunten

As ocean-going ships begin implementing chemical disinfection to treat ballast water, the potential formation of disinfection by-products (DBPs) is an important issue of concern. This is especially critical since ballast waters are often saline, and the in ...

Royal Soc Chemistry2015

Understanding the Impact of Bromide on the Photovoltaic Performance of CH3NH3PbI3 Solar Cells

Michael Graetzel, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Mohammad Ibrahim Dar, Thomas Moehl, Neha Arora, Mojtaba Abdi Jalebi

An optimum amount of lead bromide (1%) can enhance the power conversion efficiency of CH3NH3PbI3-xBrx (where x approximate to 0) devices from 14.7% to 16.9% without altering the bandgap of the perovskite material. ...

Wiley-V C H Verlag Gmbh2015

A hydrologic tracer study in a small, natural wetland in the humid tropics of Costa Rica

Growing populations and food demand in the tropics are leading to increased environmental pressures on wetland ecosystems, including a greater reliance on natural wetlands for water quality improvement. Effective assessment of wetland treatment potential r ...

Springer2015

Oxidative treatment of bromide-containing waters: Formation of bromine and its reactions with inorganic and organic compounds - A critical review

Urs von Gunten, Michèle Bernadette Heeb, Saskia Gisela Zimmermann-Steffens

Bromide (Br-) is present in all water sources at concentrations ranging from similar to 10 to >1000 mu g L-1 in fresh waters and about 67 mg L-1 in seawater. During oxidative water treatment bromide is oxidized to hypobromous acid/hypobromite (HOBr/OBr-) a ...

Elsevier2014

Chlorination of bromide-containing waters: Enhanced bromate formation in the presence of synthetic metal oxides and deposits formed in drinking water distribution systems

Urs von Gunten, Chao Liu

Bromate formation from the reaction between chlorine and bromide in homogeneous solution is a slow process. The present study investigated metal oxides enhanced bromate formation during chlorination of bromide-containing waters. Selected metal oxides enhan ...

Elsevier2013