Nanomaterials: Applications, waste-handling, environmental toxicities, and future challenges–A review

SA Mazari, E Ali, R Abro, FSA Khan, I Ahmed… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Currently, nanotechnology is referred to be one of the attractive research sectors in several
countries because of its vast potential and commercial impact. Nanotechnology includes the …

The potential of biochar-photocatalytic nanocomposites for removal of organic micropollutants from wastewater

J Fito, KK Kefeni, TTI Nkambule - Science of the Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Biochar (BC)-photocatalyst nanocomposites have emerged as appealing water and
wastewater treatment technology. Such nanocomposite materials benefit from the …

Advances in doped ZnO nanostructures for gas sensor

CN Wang, YL Li, FL Gong, YH Zhang… - The Chemical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Gas sensors based on metal oxides semiconductor (MOS) have attracted extensive attention
from both academic and industry. ZnO, as a typical MOS, exhibits potential applications in …

Modification of a Z-scheme ZnO-CuO nanocomposite by Ag loading as a highly efficient visible light photocatalyst

A Zare, A Saadati, S Sheibani - Materials Research Bulletin, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper has conducted a comparative study between ZnO-CuO and ZnO-CuO-Ag
nanocomposites from a characterization and photodegradation mechanism point of view …

Wastewater containing emerging contaminants treated by residues from the brewing industry based on biochar as a new CuFe2O4/biochar photocatalyst

J Leichtweis, S Silvestri, N Welter, Y Vieira… - Process Safety and …, 2021 - Elsevier
A novel green composite catalyst was prepared by doping CuFe 2 O 4 nanoparticles in the
malt bagasse biochar. Composites with different ratios of malt biochar and CuFe 2 O 4 were …

Lanthanide ions doped ZnO based photocatalysts

SG Kumar, R Kavitha - Separation and Purification Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
ZnO is a versatile semiconductor that finds prominence in the area of photocatalysis due to
their compatible crystal structure and band gap edge potentials that are vital for the pollutant …

Rare earth metals co-doped ZnO/CNTs composite as high performance photocatalyst for hydrogen production from water_triethanolmine mixture

I Ahmad, S Shukrullah, MY Naz, E Ahmed… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
This study investigated the zinc oxide (ZnO) based heterojunction photocatalysts for
improved hydrogen production from water splitting. A sol-gel route was adopted to produce …

Impact of carbon nanotubes concentrations on the performance of carbon nanotubes/zinc oxide nanocomposite for photoelectrochemical water splitting

AM Alenad, TA Taha, M Zayed, A Gamal… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Under the influence of visible light, the photoelectrochemical (PEC) method of water splitting
offers a green method for producing sustainable hydrogen. In this work, several volume …

Effect of Al doping on the photocatalytic activity of ZnO nanoparticles decorated on CNTs and graphene: Solvothermal synthesis and study of experimental parameters

I Ahmad, S Shukrullah, M Ahmad, E Ahmed… - Materials Science in …, 2021 - Elsevier
With the motive of the improvement of the photocatalytic activity in the visible region and
high inhibition of electron-hole pairs recombination rate, we presented a facile single step …

Significance of Ni doping on structure-morphology-photoluminescence, optical and photocatalytic activity of CBD grown ZnO nanowires for opto-photocatalyst …

ILP Raj, AJ Christy, RD Prabu, N Chidhambaram… - Inorganic Chemistry …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this work, we study bare and Nickel (Ni) doped ZnO nanostructured thin films synthesized
by the chemical bath approach. The as-prepared thin films were characterized extensively …