Applications
Bathophenanthroline is widely used for determination of iron in serum and urine by colorimtetry. It acts as buffer layer to improve the efficiency of organic photovoltaic cells. It is very useful as a scavenger reagent, for the removal of traces of iron and copper from reagent solutions, which is used in the trace metal determination. Iron bathophenanthroline complex is involved as a redox mediating agent for imaging surface immobilized deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) by using Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy (SECM).

Solubility
Soluble in organic solvents. Slightly soluble in acidic aqueous solutions. Insoluble in neutral or alkaline solutions.

Notes
Store in cool place. Incompatible with strong oxidizing agents.