Catalytic reduction of 4-nitrophenol and photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants in water by copper oxide nanosheets

K Sahu, J Singh, S Mohapatra - Optical Materials, 2019 - Elsevier
Self-assembly of metal oxide nanoparticles into two dimensional nanostructures has
emerged as a promising strategy to fabricate efficient catalysts and photocatalysts for …

[Retracted] Effect of Cu Doping on ZnO Nanoparticles as a Photocatalyst for the Removal of Organic Wastewater

A Khalid, P Ahmad, A Khan… - Bioinorganic …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Environmental problems with chemical and biological water pollution have become a major
concern for society. Providing people with safe and affordable water is a grand challenge of …

CuO nanoparticles (CuO NPs) for water treatment: A review of recent advances

JO Ighalo, PA Sagboye, G Umenweke, OJ Ajala… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Copper oxide nanoparticles (CuO NPs) are regularly investigated and effective
adsorbent materials due to their small size, high surface area, natural abundance of starting …

[HTML][HTML] Photocatalytic Degradation of Organic Pollutants over MFe2O4 (M = Co, Ni, Cu, Zn) Nanoparticles at Neutral pH

NK Gupta, Y Ghaffari, S Kim, J Bae, KS Kim… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
In this study, we report a surfactant-mediated synthesis of ferrites (MFe2O4: M= Co, Ni, Cu,
Zn) using the co-precipitation-oxidation method. The band gap calculated from UV-Visible …

Influencing parameters in the photocatalytic degradation of organic effluent via nanometal oxide catalyst: a review

A Gnanaprakasam, VM Sivakumar… - Indian Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
This paper aims to review the recent works on the photocatalytic degradation of organic
pollutants in the presence of nanophotocatalyst. In this regard the effects of operation …

Review on the photocatalytic activity of various composite catalysts

D Sudha, P Sivakumar - Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process …, 2015 - Elsevier
Nano sized semiconductor photocatalysts have a great scope for removal of large organic
molecules like dyes and pesticides in an eco-friendly and sustainable manner. The …

Facile hydrothermal synthesis of CuO–Cu 2 O/GO nanocomposites for the photocatalytic degradation of organic dye and tetracycline pollutants

Z Zhang, L Sun, Z Wu, Y Liu, S Li - New Journal of Chemistry, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
A new CuO–Cu2O/GO nanocomposite was prepared by using Cu (OAc) 2 and graphene
oxide (GO) as the main raw materials under hydrothermal conditions in the presence of …

Degradation of toxic agrochemicals and pharmaceutical pollutants: Effective and alternative approaches toward photocatalysis

A Saravanan, PS Kumar, S Jeevanantham… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Emerging concern regarding the remediation of environmental pollution has expanded
tremendously in recent years. Pharmaceutical industries and agricultural sectors release an …

Au-sensitised TiO2 and ZnO nanoparticles for broadband pharmaceuticals photocatalytic degradation in water remediation

F Zheng, JM Queirós, PM Martins, RF de Luis… - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2023 - Elsevier
A large number of contaminants of emerging concerns, such as most pharmaceuticals,
exhibit high persistency in water bodies due to the difficulty of their removal by conventional …

Sunlight-induced photocatalytic degradation of various dyes and bacterial inactivation using CuO–MgO–ZnO nanocomposite

T Munawar, F Mukhtar, S Yasmeen… - … Science and Pollution …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Novel tri-phase CuO–MgO–ZnO nanocomposite was prepared using the co-
precipitation technique and investigated its physical properties using characterization …