“…9 Thus, advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) have been developed to degrade biorefractory organic compounds in domestic water and industrial effluents. [10][11][12] The widely used AOP processes include a UV photolytic technique, 13 Fenton process, [14][15][16] photo-Fenton process, 17,18 ozonation process, 19 sonolysis, [20][21][22][23] photocatalytic approach [24][25][26][27] and radiation induced degradation, [28][29][30][31] especially for high organic contents, high colour intensity and non-biodegradable contaminants. 32 Amongst several AOPs, the Fenton oxidation process has been one of the most widely used due to its effectiveness to treat Environmental Technology Division, Council of Scientic & Industrial Research (CSIR)-Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI), Adyar, Chennai-600 020, Tamilnadu, India.…”