Recent developments in the use of metal oxides for photocatalytic degradation of pharmaceutical pollutants in water—a review

T Velempini, E Prabakaran, K Pillay - Materials Today Chemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
In recent years, metal oxide semiconductors have been explored as photocatalysts for the
degradation of organic contaminants in water/wastewater. The uniqueness of these oxide …

A review of ZnO nanoparticles as solar photocatalysts: Synthesis, mechanisms and applications

CB Ong, LY Ng, AW Mohammad - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are carbon-based chemical substances that are
resistant to environmental degradation and may not be completely removed through …

Recent developments of zinc oxide based photocatalyst in water treatment technology: a review

KM Lee, CW Lai, KS Ngai, JC Juan - Water research, 2016 - Elsevier
Today, a major issue about water pollution is the residual dyes from different sources (eg,
textile industries, paper and pulp industries, dye and dye intermediates industries …

[HTML][HTML] Doped zinc oxide nanoparticles: synthesis, characterization and potential use in nanomedicine

M Carofiglio, S Barui, V Cauda, M Laurenti - Applied Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Smart nanoparticles for medical applications have gathered considerable attention due to
an improved biocompatibility and multifunctional properties useful in several applications …

[HTML][HTML] Influence of Mg doping on ZnO nanoparticles for enhanced photocatalytic evaluation and antibacterial analysis

K Pradeev Raj, K Sadaiyandi, A Kennedy… - Nanoscale research …, 2018 - Springer
In this research, a facile co-precipitation method was used to synthesize pure and Mg-doped
ZnO nanoparticles (NPs). The structure, morphology, chemical composition, and optical and …

Application of nanotechnologies for removing pharmaceutically active compounds from water: development and future trends

Z Cai, AD Dwivedi, WN Lee, X Zhao, W Liu… - Environmental …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Pharmaceutically active compounds (PhACs) are widely detected emerging contaminants in
water environments and possess high potential risks to human health and aquatic life; …

Photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue dye by zinc oxide nanoparticles obtained from precipitation and sol-gel methods

A Balcha, OP Yadav, T Dey - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2016 - Springer
Zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles were synthesized by precipitation and sol-gel methods. The
aim of this study was to understand how different synthetic methods can affect the …

Removal of pharmaceuticals and endocrine disrupting compounds from water by zinc oxide-based photocatalytic degradation: a review

A Mirzaei, Z Chen, F Haghighat… - Sustainable cities and …, 2016 - Elsevier
The detection of pharmaceuticals and endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs), known as
emerging contaminants (ECs), in the environment has attracted growing concern due to their …

Impact of particle size and surface defects on antibacterial and photocatalytic activities of undoped and Mg-doped ZnO nanoparticles, biosynthesized using one-step …

IS Okeke, KK Agwu, AA Ubachukwu, IG Madiba… - Vacuum, 2021 - Elsevier
One-step simple process was used to biosynthesis Zn 1− x Mg x O (x= 0, 0.01, 0.03 and
0.05) nanoparticles. Structural, morphological, optical, elemental and chemical composition …

Green synthesis of ZnO nanoparticles and its application in the degradation of some dyes

F Davar, A Majedi, A Mirzaei - Journal of the American Ceramic …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
A novel ZnO photocatalyst was synthesized by a green method using lemon juice and zinc
acetate as precursors, and then the effect of sucrose addition on the initial precursors was …