Recent developments in photocatalytic remediation of textile effluent using semiconductor based nanostructured catalyst: A review

J Ambigadevi, PS Kumar, DVN Vo, SH Haran… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
The textile industry makes a significant contribution to the Indian economy. This textile
industry creates a demand for producing 1.3 million tons of dyes and pigments and most of …

Strategies to enhance ZnO photocatalyst's performance for water treatment: a comprehensive review

A Hezam, QA Drmosh, D Ponnamma… - The Chemical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the photocatalytic organic pollutant degradation using ZnO started in 1910–1911,
many challenges are still ahead, and several critical issues have to be addressed. Large …

New insight into the enhanced photocatalytic activity of N-, C-and S-doped ZnO photocatalysts

W Yu, J Zhang, T Peng - Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract In general, N-, C-and S-doped ZnO exhibit much higher phototcatalytic activity than
the pure ZnO. However, the essential factors and underlying mechanism regarding the …

Oxygen vacancy induced band-gap narrowing and enhanced visible light photocatalytic activity of ZnO

J Wang, Z Wang, B Huang, Y Ma, Y Liu… - … applied materials & …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Oxygen vacancies in crystal have important impacts on the electronic properties of ZnO. With
ZnO2 as precursors, we introduce a high concentration of oxygen vacancies into ZnO …

Influence of defects on the photocatalytic activity of ZnO

D Chen, Z Wang, T Ren, H Ding, W Yao… - The Journal of …, 2014 - ACS Publications
The influence of defects on the photoactivity of ZnO has been revealed. The defects can be
formed via ball-milling treatment, and part of the defects can be repaired via annealing …

Photocatalytic degradation of bisphenol A in aqueous media: A review

PVL Reddy, KH Kim, B Kavitha, V Kumar… - Journal of environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
Bisphenol A (BPA) is known to be an emerging pollutant in various environmental
compartments. Human exposure to BPA occurs widely because it is commonly used as the …

Bimetal (Fe/Zn) doped BiOI photocatalyst: An effective photodegradation of tetracycline and bacteria

N Talreja, S Afreen, M Ashfaq, D Chauhan, AC Mera… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Tetracycline (TC) is one of the most commonly used broad-spectrum antibiotics to treat the
bacterial infection. TC antibiotics enter into the environment because of partial metabolism in …

Two is better than one: Catalytic, sensing and optical applications of doped zinc oxide nanostructures

V Vinitha, M Preeyanghaa, V Vinesh… - Emergent …, 2021 - Springer
Nanosized ZnO-based materials for catalytic and sensing applications are highly proficient
over bulk catalytic analogous due to higher surface and tunable physicochemical properties …

Effect of oxygen vacancy on enhanced photocatalytic activity of reduced ZnO nanorod arrays

C Wang, D Wu, P Wang, Y Ao, J Hou, J Qian - Applied Surface Science, 2015 - Elsevier
Partially reduced ZnO nanorod arrays (NRAs) were synthesized in a reducing reagent of
NaBH 4. The NaBH 4 treatment substantially increased the density of oxygen vacancies …

Cerium oxide nanosheets-based tertiary composites (CeO2/ZnO/ZnWO4) for supercapattery application and evaluation of faradic & non-faradic capacitive distribution …

MR Khawar, NA Shad, S Hussain, Y Javed… - Journal of Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Batteries and supercapacitors are trending energy storage devices nowadays but the low
energy density of supercapacitors and modest power density of batteries limit their …