Hierarchical electrospun nanofibers for energy harvesting, production and environmental remediation

PS Kumar, J Sundaramurthy, S Sundarrajan… - Energy & …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
As the demand for energy is rapidly growing worldwide ahead of energy supply, there is an
impulse need to develop alternative energy-harvesting technologies to sustain economic …

Review of one-dimensional and two-dimensional nanostructured materials for hydrogen generation

VJ Babu, S Vempati, T Uyar… - Physical Chemistry …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Hydrogen is an attractive alternative to fossil fuels in terms of environmental and other
advantages. Of the various production methods for H2, photocatalysis requires further …

Ultrafast piezo-photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutions by Ag 2 O/tetrapod-ZnO nanostructures under ultrasonic/UV exposure

C Sun, Y Fu, Q Wang, L Xing, B Liu, X Xue - RSC advances, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Ultrafast degradation of organic pollutions has been realized by the piezo-photocatalytic
activity of Ag2O/tetrapod-ZnO nanostructures under ultrasonic/UV exposure. Tetrapod-ZnO …

Photo-Catalytic Properties of TiO2 Supported on MWCNTs, SBA-15 and Silica-Coated MWCNTs Nanocomposites

NO Ramoraswi, PG Ndungu - Nanoscale research letters, 2015 - Springer
Abstract Mesoporous silica, specifically SBA-15, acid-treated multi-walled carbon nanotubes
and a hybrid nanocomposite of SBA-15 coated onto the sidewalls acid-treated multi-walled …

Green synthesis of ZnO hollow sphere nanostructures by a facile route at room temperature with efficient photocatalytic dye degradation properties

SM Mousavi, AR Mahjoub, R Abazari - RSC advances, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
The present work has prepared ZnO hollow spherical nanoparticles using a straightforward
synthetic route and has innovatively made use of carbon spheres as a template at room …

Electrospun-based TiO2 nanofibers for organic pollutant photodegradation: a comprehensive review

KC Hui, H Suhaimi, NS Sambudi - Reviews in Chemical Engineering, 2022 - degruyter.com
Titanium dioxide (TiO2) is commonly used as a photocatalyst in the removal of organic
pollutants. However, weaknesses of TiO2 such as fast charge recombination and low visible …

Metal Oxide Electrospun Nanofibrous Membranes for Effective Dye Degradation and Sustainable Photocatalysis

V Jagadeesh Babu, SSA Abdul Haroon Rashid… - Sustainable …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The fabrication of metal oxide nanofibers using (titanium (IV) isopropoxide) and (tin (IV) tert-
butoxide) of weight ratio 1: 1 precursor in presence of poly (vinyl pyrrolidone) as a binder …

Excellent hydrogen evolution by a multi approach via structure–property tailoring of titania

R Shwetharani, CAN Fernando, GR Balakrishna - RSC Advances, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Photocatalytic water splitting by solar energy is an ideal economic method for hydrogen
generation. An attempt has been made to overcome the main barriers of photocatalytic …

Multihierarchical electrodes based on titanate nanotubes and zinc oxide nanorods for photoelectrochemical water splitting

JS Souza, WM Carvalho, FL Souza… - Journal of Materials …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Studies involving water splitting to form hydrogen and oxygen have attracted attention
because H2 is considered the fuel of the future. Photoelectrocatalysts have been widely …

Titanate nanorods modified with nanocrystalline ZnS particles and their photocatalytic activity on pollutant removal

G Naudin, T Entradas, B Barrocas… - Journal of Materials …, 2016 - Elsevier
Aiming to produce materials with enhanced photocatalytic properties, the synthesis of new
crystalline nanocomposites by combining titanate nanorods (TNR) with ZnS nanocrystallites …