Recent advances in semiconductor heterojunctions: a detailed review of the fundamentals of photocatalysis, charge transfer mechanism and materials

A Balapure, JR Dutta, R Ganesan - RSC Applied Interfaces, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Photocatalysis, due to its operability under sustainable and green energy conditions, is one
of the cardinal branches of the environmental remediation domain. To date, a significant …

Recent progress on plant extract-mediated biosynthesis of ZnO-based nanocatalysts for environmental remediation: Challenges and future outlooks

OA Zelekew, HH Haitosa, X Chen, YN Wu - Advances in Colloid and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The plant extract mediated green synthesis of nanomaterials has attracts enormous interest
due to its cost-effectiveness, greener, and environmentally friendly. It is also considered as …

Visible light activated MoS2/ZnO composites for photocatalytic degradation of ciprofloxacin antibiotic and hydrogen production

YM Hunge, AA Yadav, SW Kang, SJ Lim… - Journal of Photochemistry …, 2023 - Elsevier
In the photocatalysis process, photon energy is mainly converted into chemical energy with
the help of both light and catalyst. This process can be used in different applications like …

All-solid-state Z-scheme nanojunction PW12/Ag/ZnO photocatalyst: effective carriers transfer promotion and enhanced visible light driven

H Yu, M Zhao, C Xue, J Huang, N Zhao… - Journal of Molecular …, 2024 - Elsevier
By coupling two semiconductors with favorable band gap, ZnO (PS I) and Keggin-type
tungstophosphate (PW 12, PS II), an interesting all-solid-state Z-scheme photocatalyst PW …

Inorganic-organic hybrid photocatalysts: Syntheses, mechanisms, and applications

H Yang, K Dai, J Zhang, G Dawson - Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 2022 - Elsevier
Inorganic-organic hybrid materials are promising for application in the field of photocatalysis
because of their excellent properties. Therefore, their syntheses, mechanisms, and …

Development of highly-efficient 0D/1D/0D dual Z-scheme CdS/ZnWO4/ZnS heterojunction photocatalysts in pollutant removal and involved mechanism

J Zhang, X Sun, J Ma, Z Yi, T **an, S Wang, G Liu… - Applied Surface …, 2023 - Elsevier
Rational design of heterostructures is an important strategy for improving photogenerated-
carrier separation and photocatalytic activity of semiconductors. Herein, zero-dimensional …

Diethylenetriamine-CdS hybrid materials (CdS-DETA) loaded nitrogen-rich carbon nitride (g-C3N5) for enhanced hydrogen production and photocatalytic degradation …

H Yang, W Li, Y Jiang, Q Wei, L Hou, Z Wu, Q He… - Separation and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The proper design of photocatalysts is essential to improving photocatalytic decomposition
of water and degradation of pollutants. In this work, we used nitrogen-rich carbon nitride with …

Abundant Canadian pine with polysulfide redox mediating ZnS/CuS nanocomposite to attain high-capacity lithium sulfur battery

S Zhai, AM Abraham, B Chen, Z Fan, J Hu, Z Cai… - Carbon, 2022 - Elsevier
A new strategy is presented to immobilize the lithium polysulfides (LiPSs) and promote
charge transfer kinetics at the S-electrode interface of lithium-sulfur (Li–S) batteries. In this …

ZnO/ZnS photocatalyst from thermal treatment of ZnS: Influence of calcination temperature on development of heterojunction structure and photocatalytic performance

T Chankhanittha, J Watcharakitti, V Piyavarakorn… - Journal of Physics and …, 2023 - Elsevier
New strategy to create sunlight-active photocatalysts is a vital research topic in
photocatalysis. In this work, ZnO/ZnS heterojunctions were fabricated very easily by thermal …

In situ fabrication of Ag decorated porous ZnO photocatalyst via inorganic–organic hybrid transformation for degradation of organic pollutant and bacterial inactivation

MS Song, RP Patil, IS Hwang, MA Mahadik, TH Jang… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, in situ silver (Ag)-porous ZnO photocatalysts were synthesized via solvothermal
and post-annealing treatment. The formation of the porous ZnO structure due to the removal …