Removal and degradation of dyes from textile industry wastewater: Benchmarking recent advancements, toxicity assessment and cost analysis of treatment processes

A Sahu, JC Poler - Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Clean and safe drinking water is vital. Tragically, this quality has been degraded due to the
anthropomorphic and continuous discharge of toxic and non-biodegradable organic …

Graphitic carbon nitride/zinc oxide-based Z-scheme and S-scheme heterojunction photocatalysts for the photodegradation of organic pollutants

G Panthi, M Park - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4), a metal-free polymer semiconductor, has been
recognized as an attractive photocatalytic material for environmental remediation because of …

[HTML][HTML] Visible-light induced photocatalytic removal of methylene blue dye by copper oxide decorated zinc oxide nanorods

P Shanmugam, RC Ngullie, SM Smith… - Materials Science for …, 2023 - Elsevier
The establishment of rod-shaped visible light heterojunction ZnO/CuO composites for
potential redox ability presents a potential application prospect in the development of …

Cu and Ni dual-doped ZnO nanostructures templated by cellulose nanofibrils for the boosted visible-light photocatalytic degradation of wastewater pollutants

J Yu, P Bao, J Liu, Y Jin, J Li, Y Lv - Green Chemistry, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
In this study, cellulose nanofibrils (CNF) and transition metals (Cu and Ni) were used as the
matrix and doping agents, respectively, for the controllable synthesis of ZnO@ CNF …

Insight assessment of the morphological and photocatalytic properties of ZnO-anchored graphitic carbon nitride interlayer composite for emerging antibiotic removals …

H An, NH Vu, NM Dat, ND Hai, NTH Nam, CQ Cong… - Optical Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, the effect of different zinc oxide (ZnO) compositions anchored on graphitic
carbon nitride (CN) was investigated through characterization and the photocatalytic …

Green synthesis of N-doped ZnO@ Zeolite nanocomposite for the efficient photo-adsorptive removal of toxic heavy metal ions Cr6+ and Cd2+

M Rani, U Shanker, M Sillanpää - Inorganic Chemistry Communications, 2023 - Elsevier
This research addresses the escalating issue of heavy metal ions contamination in water
sources, primarily caused by rapid industrial development. Notably toxic, even at very small …

Review and Perspective on Rational Design and Interface Engineering of gC3N4/ZnO: From Type-II to Step-Scheme Heterojunctions for Photocatalytic Applications

SG Kumar, R Kavitha, C Manjunatha - Energy & Fuels, 2023 - ACS Publications
Heterostructuring the g-C3N4 (GCN) with wide gap oxide photocatalysts is of prominent
interest as they can harvest photons spanning the UV–visible region. In this regard …

A review on g-C3N4 and ZnO-modified g-C3N4 catalysts under visible irradiation: Precursor effects on properties and applications in sustainable developments

H An, ND Hai, NM Dat, NTH Nam, NTH Giang… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The current situation the world is facing is environmental pollution and energy shortage,
which directly endangers the biosphere. Thus, a sustainable solution must be concluded to …

Plant-based synthesis of TiO2–rGO nanocomposite for the efficient photocatalytic degradation of an emerging contaminant: Experimental and theoretical …

A Joseph, A Vijayanandan - Sustainable Materials and Technologies, 2023 - Elsevier
The need to develop sustainable and efficient photocatalysts for the degradation of
contaminants of emerging concern has gained considerable attention. In this study, plant …

[HTML][HTML] Orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA)-Based visible light communication systems

Y Meng, Z Wei - Results in Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Visible Light Communication (VLC) exploits visible light for high-speed data
transmission; it serves as the medium for transmission using intensity modulation …