Recent progress on visible-light-driven metal and non-metal doped ZnO nanostructures for photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants

FM Sanakousar, CC Vidyasagar… - Materials science in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Organic pollutants are chemical compounds that are resistant to degradation in the
environment and that treatment methods may not be able to completely remove. Both …

A comparative study on recent progress in efficient ZnO based nanocomposite and heterojunction photocatalysts: A review

S Goktas, A Goktas - Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2021 - Elsevier
ZnO based binary and multiple heterojunction/nanocomposite photocatalysts get profound
attentions due to its solving the world crises of energy supply and utilizing sun power …

Recent advances in semiconductor metal oxides with enhanced methods for solar photocatalytic applications

C Karthikeyan, P Arunachalam… - Journal of alloys and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The rapid advancement of the global industry has led to energy shortage and environmental
pollution. To mitigate against these issues, researchers and scientists are developing simple …

Emerging aspects of metal ions-doped zinc oxide photocatalysts in degradation of organic dyes and pharmaceutical pollutants–A review

AA Renita, S Sathish, PS Kumar, D Prabu… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent periods, a broad assortment of continual organic contaminants has been released
into our natural water resources. Indeed, it is exceedingly poisonous and perilous to living …

A review on bidirectional analogies between the photocatalysis and antibacterial properties of ZnO

J Liu, Y Wang, J Ma, Y Peng, A Wang - Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2019 - Elsevier
As a multi-functional biosafety material with outstanding anti-ultraviolet property, good
photocatalytic property as well as antibacterial activity, ZnO shows promising practical …

A review of photocatalytic characterization, and environmental cleaning, of metal oxide nanostructured materials

M Ikram, M Rashid, A Haider, S Naz, J Haider… - Sustainable Materials …, 2021 - Elsevier
Industrial waste is the primary source of highly toxic organic pollutants and heavy metal
contaminants. Treatment of such effluence is necessary to mitigate environmental pollution …

Dissection of the antibacterial mechanism of zinc oxide nanoparticles with manipulable nanoscale morphologies

X Zhu, J Wang, L Cai, Y Wu, M Ji, H Jiang… - Journal of hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Despite the extensive uses of ZnO nanoparticles as promising antimicrobial agents to tackle
the severe microbial infections, the systematic antibacterial studies on ZnO nanoparticles …

Cu-doped ZnO as efficient photocatalyst for the oxidation of arsenite to arsenate under visible light

V Vaiano, G Iervolino, L Rizzo - Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2018 - Elsevier
In this work, photocatalytic oxidation of As (III) to As (V) by ZnO photocatalyts doped with Cu
was investigated under visible light. Photocatalysts were successfully prepared by …

[Retracted] Effect of Cu Doping on ZnO Nanoparticles as a Photocatalyst for the Removal of Organic Wastewater

A Khalid, P Ahmad, A Khan… - Bioinorganic …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Environmental problems with chemical and biological water pollution have become a major
concern for society. Providing people with safe and affordable water is a grand challenge of …

Bimetallic (Cu, Zn) ZIF-derived S-scheme heterojunction for efficient remediation of aqueous pollutants in visible light/peroxymonosulfate system

T Li, M Li, J Jiang, Z Zhao, Z Li, C Zhao, X Wang… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2023 - Elsevier
The design of suitable catalyst is the bottleneck in the photo-assisted Fenton-like reaction
system. Here we constructed a S-scheme heterojunction consisted of CuO and Cu doped …