Spectroscopic Investigation of the Photochemistry of Uranyl-Doped Sol-Gel Glasses Immersed in Ethanol

Sheng Dai; D. H. Metcalf; G. D. Del Cul; L. M. Toth

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Spectroscopic Investigation of the Photochemistry of Uranyl-Doped Sol-Gel Glasses Immersed in Ethanol

Sheng Dai, D. H. Metcalf, G. D. Del Cul, L. M. Toth

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Uranyl ion (UO₂²⁺) has been doped in silica glasses through a sol-gel process. The photochemistry of UO₂²⁺-doped glasses immersed in ethanol solution has been investigated. Our experimental results indicate that UO₂²⁺ in this system can be photochemically converted to U(IV) species, and evidence is provided for the possible formation of U(IV) species via a subsequent chemical reduction of the intermediate UO₂⁺ instead of the conventional bimolecular disproportionation reaction. The latter mechanism is known to be a dominant mechanism for the photochemical reactions in homogeneous solutions.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	7786-7790
Number of pages	5
Journal	Inorganic Chemistry
Volume	35
Issue number	26
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/ic9604066
State	Published - 1996

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