The effect of the synthetic route on the structural, textural, morphological and catalytic properties of iron(III) oxides and oxyhydroxides

This work was co-financed by Spanish MINECO and FEDER funds from the European Union (Project CTM2012-30683). P. Oulego acknowledges an FPI grant from Spanish MICINN (BES-2010-038453). Technical assistance from the Scientific-Technical Services of the University of Oviedo is gratefully acknowledged. The authors particularly thank Prof. Jose Javier Saiz and Prof. Federico Mijangos from the University of Basque Country, for their assistance during Mossbauer data collection. The authors would also like to thank Jose Manuel Gonzalez and Roberto García from Consorcio para la Gestión de los Residuos Solidos en Asturias (COGERSA) for their assistance in data related to the landfill leachates and for their support in the sample collection.