Recent advances in photoelectrocatalysis for environmental applications: Sensing, pollutants removal and microbial inactivation

W Chen, S Liu, Y Fu, H Yan, L Qin, C Lai… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2022 - Elsevier
Harmful contaminants and microorganisms in the environment have threatened ecological
security and human health. Detecting and removing these pollutants with a simple and high …

A review on properties and environmental applications of graphene and its derivative-based composites

S Kumar, Himanshi, J Prakash, A Verma, Suman… - Catalysts, 2023 - mdpi.com
Graphene-based materials have gained a lot of scientific interest in the research era of
modern technology, which can be quite flexible. Graphene has become popular as a …

Carbon dot-coupled BiVO4/reduced graphene hydrogel for significant enhancement of photocatalytic activity: Antibiotic degradation and CO2 reduction

C Ma, Z Xie, WC Seo, STU Din, J Lee, Y Kim… - Applied Surface …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, we fabricated a novel hybrid photocatalyst (CD-BVO/rGH) by coupling carbon
dot (CD)-decorated BiVO 4 (BVO) with a reduced graphene hydrogel (rGH). The CD …

Structural and Optical Characterization of gC3N4 Nanosheet Integrated PVC/PVP Polymer Nanocomposites

AH Alshammari, K Alshammari, M Alshammari… - Polymers, 2023 - mdpi.com
The present work considers the integration of g-C3N4 nanosheets into PVC/PVP polymer
nanocomposites at ratios of 0.0, 0.3, 0.6, and 1.0 wt%. The XRD data scans showed …

Recent achievements in photoelectrocatalytic degradation of pesticides

MVB Zanoni, K Irikura, JAL Perini… - Current Opinion in …, 2022 - Elsevier
This review summarizes recent advances in photoelectrocatalysis of pesticides, involving
fundamentals, the preparation of photoanodes, and their application in the degradation of …

Carbon nanotubes heterojunction with graphene like carbon nitride for the enhancement of electrochemical and photocatalytic activity

A Mahmood, T Muhmood, F Ahmad - Materials Chemistry and Physics, 2022 - Elsevier
This research reported electro-static junctions between carbon nanotubes (CNT) and
graphitic carbon nitride (CCN) with enhanced photocatalytic properties. The CNT and CCN …

[HTML][HTML] First-principles study on the electronic structure and catalytic properties of two-dimensional MX2N4 systems (M= Ti, Zr; X= Si, Ge)

Y Wang, G Wang, M Huang, Z Zhang, J Wang, D Zhao… - Results in Physics, 2023 - Elsevier
Recently, the two-dimensional MA 2 Z 4 family with a seven-atom layer structure
(experimentally synthesized a MoSi 2 N 4 monolayer), which has good stability and exhibits …

Assembled Porphyrin Nanofiber on the Surface of gC3N4 Nanomaterials for Enhanced Photocatalytic Degradation of Organic Dyes

HT Lai, GT Nguyen, NT Tran, TT Nguyen, C Van Tran… - Catalysts, 2022 - mdpi.com
In this work, a g-C3N4/porphyrin nanocomposite was fabricated through the self-assembling
of monomeric Tetrakis (4-carboxyphenyl) porphyrin (TCPP) molecules with g-C3N4 …

Magnetic ε-Phosphorene for Sensing Greenhouse Gas Molecules

Z Wang, H Wu, Q Wu, YM Zhao, L Shen - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
It is critical for gas sensors that sense greenhouse gas molecules to have both good
sensitivity and selectivity for water molecules in the ambient environment. Here, we study the …

Facile fabrication of TiO2/Bi5O7Br photocatalysts for visible-light-assisted removal of tetracycline and dye wastewaters

Z Salmanzadeh-Jamadi… - Journal of Physics D …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
The emergence of persistent organic pollutants such as dyes and pharmaceuticals in the
aquatic environment has created drastic concerns worldwide due to their toxicity and …