“…Salts of higher oxidation states of iron ranging from þ4 to þ8 have also been synthesized in laboratory (Atanasov, 1999;Bielski, 1990;Bielski and Thomas, 1987;Dedushenko et al, 2008;Hoppe and Mader, 1990;Jeannot et al, 2002;Kokarovtseva et al, 1972;Kopelev et al, 1990Kopelev et al, , 1992Kopelev, 1997;Perfiliev and Sharma, 2008;Perfiliev et al, 2006;Perfliev, 2002). Ferrate(VI) Fe VI O 2À 4 has been of great interest because of its role as an oxidant and hydroxylating agent in industrial and water treatment processes, such as the development of a "super iron" battery, green chemistry synthesis, and non-chlorine oxidation for pollutant remediation (Bartzatt and Carr, 1986;Carr et al, 1985;Johnson et al, 2008;Hornstein, 1994, 1996;Licht et al, 1999;Licht and Yu, 2008;Sharma, 2002a;Sharma et al, 2005a,b) Ferrate(VI) provides an environmentally benign high energy density cathode for batteries (Licht et al, 2009(Licht et al, , 1999Licht, 2010;Licht and TelVered, 2004).…”