Trends in photocatalytic degradation of organic dye pollutants using nanoparticles: a review

MF Lanjwani, M Tuzen, MY Khuhawar… - Inorganic Chemistry …, 2024 - Elsevier
The development of the textile industry is a major concern due to the effluents of organic
dyes. These organic dyes contaminate the drinking water and cause a carcinogenic risk to …

Recent advances in carbonaceous photocatalysts with enhanced photocatalytic performances: a mini review

J Ge, Y Zhang, SJ Park - Materials, 2019 - mdpi.com
Photocatalytic processes based on various semiconductors have been widely utilized in
different applications, with great potential for use in environmental pollution remediation and …

Construction of ZnO/Zn3In2S6/Pt with integrated S-scheme/Schottky heterojunctions for boosting photocatalytic hydrogen evolution and bisphenol a degradation

L Yang, J Si, L Liang, Y Wang, L Zhu… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Photocatalytic water splitting has been identified as a promising solution to tackle the current
environmental and energy crisis in the world. However, the challenge of this green …

Plasmonic photocatalysts as emerging multifunctional nanomaterials for energy and environmental applications

J Prakash, H Swart - Physica B: Condensed Matter, 2023 - Elsevier
Plasmonic photocatalysts are emerging as multifunctional nanomaterials for
multidisciplinary applications in various fields of energy, environment and biomedical …

ZnO nanostructures based piezo-photocatalytic degradation enhancement of steroid hormones

S Bettini, R Pagano, D Valli, C Ingrosso… - Surfaces and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Testosterone (TST) and β-estradiol (E2) are steroid hormones belonging to the emerging
contaminants group, which is considered a huge environmental threat. In this context …

Gold/titania nanorod assembled urchin-like photocatalysts with an enhanced hydrogen generation by photocatalytic biomass reforming

C Shi, W Yuan, K Qu, J Shi, M Eqi, X Tan… - Engineered …, 2021 - espublisher.com
Herein, we successfully constructed Au/hierarchical urchin-like TiO 2 architectures (Au/HT)
photocatalysts, which were assembled by crystalline nanorods by one-step solvothermal …

Enhanced antibacterial activity of V-doped ZnO@ SiO2 composites

H Mao, B Zhang, Y Nie, X Tang, S Yang, S Zhou - Applied Surface Science, 2021 - Elsevier
Zinc oxide (ZnO) is an antibacterial agent with great potential in biological applications.
However, the antibacterial activity of ZnO is relatively weak. In this study, a method of doping …

Interface-optimized Rh-ZnO/rGO/ZnS heterostructure constructed via Rh-induced dynamic micro-cell growth for efficient photocatalytic hydrogen evolution

S Liang, J Wang, Q Lin, R Zhang, X Wang - Journal of Alloys and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Photocatalytic water splitting for H 2 generation is considered most effective for the
comprehensive utilization of solar energy. H 2 produced by utilizing the ZnO-ZnS …

Photocatalytic degradation of GRL dye from aqueous solutions in the presence of ZnO/Fe2O3 nanocomposites

FS Hashim, AF Alkaim, SM Mahdi… - Composites …, 2019 - Elsevier
Water pollution, due to the increase in human activities (industrial and agricultural), has
badly affected the life quality in the past few decades. ZnO nanoparticles and ZnO/Fe 2 O 3 …

Multifunctional Au/Hydroxide Interface toward Enhanced C–C Coupling for Solar-Driven CO2 Reduction into C2H6

L Lu, Y Cheng, Z Liang, S Yan, G Qiao… - Inorganic Chemistry, 2023 - ACS Publications
The high-grade C2+ products from CO2 photoreduction are limited by the kinetic bottleneck.
Herein, a multifunctional Au/hydroxide interface was put forward to improve the C–C …