Abstract

Carbon tetrachloride and trichloroethylene in a water photolysis system (Pt colloid/Ru(bipy)/sub 3//sup 2 +//MV/sup 2 +//EDTA) were reduced to methane and/or ethane during solar illumination. This paper demonstrates that solar energy can be used to excite electron-transfer reactions in the system, which results in the cleavage of water to H/sub 2/ and OH/sup -/. Data suggest chlorinated hydrocarbons added to the system can be dechlorinated and subsequently reduced to low molecular weight hydrocarbons.

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