Dye wastewater treatment enabled by piezo-enhanced photocatalysis of single-component ZnO nanoparticles

Y Chimupala, C Phromma, S Yimklan, N Semakul… - RSC …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Conventionally, composite materials are usually employed as a catalyst in piezo-
photocatalytic dye wastewater treatment. Here, we report the synthesis of ZnO nanoparticles …

Microwave synthesized ZnO nanorod arrays for UV sensors: A seed layer annealing temperature study

A Pimentel, SH Ferreira, D Nunes, T Calmeiro… - Materials, 2016 - mdpi.com
The present work reports the influence of zinc oxide (ZnO) seed layer annealing temperature
on structural, optical and electrical properties of ZnO nanorod arrays, synthesized by …

Plasmon expedited response time and enhanced response in gold nanoparticles-decorated zinc oxide nanowire-based nitrogen dioxide gas sensor at room …

KH Park, SH Lee, C Fàbrega, JD Prades… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2021 - Elsevier
A highly sensitive and rapidly responsive nitrogen dioxide (NO 2) gas sensor based on gold
(Au) nanoparticles (NPs)-decorated zinc oxide (ZnO) nanowires (NWs) is presented. The Au …

Achieving highly-enhanced UV photoluminescence and its origin in ZnO nanocrystalline films

D Thapa, J Huso, JL Morrison, CD Corolewski… - Optical Materials, 2016 - Elsevier
ZnO is an efficient luminescent material in the UV-range∼ 3.4 eV with a wide range of
applications in optical technologies. Sputtering is a cost-effective and relatively …

Au-doped ZnO sol-gel thin films: an experimental investigation on physical and photoluminescence properties

L Ouarez, A Chelouche, T Touam, R Mahiou… - Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Undoped and Au-doped ZnO thin films were prepared on glass substrates by sol-
gel process and dip-coating technique. The effects of Au concentration (10–30 at%) on …

Structural, optical and photoluminescence properties of Eu doped ZnO thin films prepared by spin coating

E Hasabeldaim, OM Ntwaeaborwa, RE Kroon… - Journal of Molecular …, 2019 - Elsevier
Eu 3+ doped ZnO thin films were successfully prepared using the spin coating technique. X-
ray diffraction confirmed that the undoped films had high crystallinity and preferred …

Exploration of the optical characteristics in sol-gel synthesized europium-doped zinc oxide thin films for potential optoelectronic use: a comprehensive characterization …

A Tahir, MA Bujran, B Want - Physica Scripta, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
In this study, we present our findings on the spin coated pure Zinc-Oxide (ZnO) nanowire
arrays and Europium doped ZnO (Eu 3+: ZnO) nanostructure thin films. These arrays were …

Energy-transfer efficiency in Eu-doped ZnO thin films: the effects of oxidative annealing on the dynamics and the intermediate defect states

SM Ahmed, P Szymanski, LM El-Nadi… - ACS Applied Materials …, 2014 - ACS Publications
We have studied ultrafast dynamics in thin films of Eu-doped zinc oxide (ZnO), prepared by
radio-frequency sputtering onto sapphire substrates. Following UV excitation of ZnO, a red …

Band-gap engineering of ZnO1− xSx films grown by rf magnetron sputtering of ZnS target

V Khomyak, I Shtepliuk, V Khranovskyy, R Yakimova - Vacuum, 2015 - Elsevier
Structural and optical properties of ZnO 1− x S x (0≤ x≤ 1.0) thin films grown onto sapphire
substrates (≿-Al 2 O 3) at 300° C by radio frequency (rf) magnetron sputtering of ZnS …

Optimization of transistor characteristics and charge transport in solution processed ZnO thin films grown from zinc neodecanoate

N Tiwale, SP Senanayak, J Rubio-Lara… - Electronic Materials …, 2019 - Springer
Solution processing of metal oxide-based semiconductors is an attractive route for low-cost
fabrication of thin films devices. ZnO thin films were synthesized from one-step spin coating …