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Ferrites are a large class of oxides containing Fe3+ and at least another metal cation that have been investigated for and applied to a wide variety of fields ranging from mature technologies like circuitry, permanent magnets, magnetic recording and microwave devices to the most recent developments in areas like bioimaging, gas sensing and photocatalysis. In the last respect, although ferrites have been less studied than other types of semiconductors, they present interesting properties such as visible light absorption, tuneable optoelectronic properties and high chemical and photochemical stability. The versatility of their chemical composition and of their crystallographic structure opened a playground for developing new catalysts with enhanced efficiency. This article reviews the recent development of the application of ferrites to photoassisted processes for environmental remediation and for the synthesis of solar fuels. Applications in the photocatalytic degradation of pollutants in water and air, photo-Fenton, and solar fuels production, via photocatalytic and photoelectrochemical water splitting and CO2 reduction, are reviewed paying special attention to the relationships between the physico-chemical characteristics of the ferrite materials and their photoactivated performance.
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Garcia-Muñoz, P., Fresno, F., de la Peña O’Shea, V.A., Keller, N. (2020). Ferrite Materials for Photoassisted Environmental and Solar Fuels Applications. In: Muñoz-Batista, M., Navarrete Muñoz, A., Luque, R. (eds) Heterogeneous Photocatalysis. Topics in Current Chemistry Collections. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49492-6_4
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