As an alternative to the gold standard TiO2 photocatalyst, the use of zinc oxide (ZnO) as a
robust candidate for wastewater treatment is widespread due to its similarity in charge …

Zinc oxide photocatalyst with multifaceted and tunable structure-electronic properties has
garnered foremost relevance in the wastewater purification. The drawbacks supplemented …

A facile surfactant free wet-precipitation process was employed to prepare hydroxyapatite
(HAp) nanoparticles. Further, a microwave-assisted hydrothermal process was used to …

Chemical utilization of vast fossil and renewable feedstocks of methane remains one of the
most important challenges of modern chemistry. Herein, we report direct and selective …

The photocatalytic degradation of the wastewater dye pollutant methylene blue (MB) at ZnO
nanostructured porous thin films, deposited by direct current reactive magnetron sputtering …

Zinc oxide (ZnO) displays superior properties as a photocatalyst, compared to the more
widely used TiO 2. However, widespread application of ZnO is hampered by its high photo …

In this work, a novel pyroelectric catalysis technique is developed for decomposition of dye
wastewater using the lead-free (K 0.5 Na 0.5) NbO 3 pyroelectric crystal catalyst under the …

This paper demonstrates for the first time the feasibility of utilising waste mussel shells for
the synthesis of hydroxyapatite, Ca 10 (PO 4) 6 (OH) 2 (denoted as HAP) to be used as a …

ZnO and Pd-doped ZnO photocatalysts with different molar ratio of Pd/Zn (1/100, 2/100,
3/100 and 4/100) were prepared by a sol–gel method. The photocatalysts prepared were …

Transition-metal oxide photocatalysis has attracted increasing attention in environmental
remediation and solar energy conversion. Surface lattice oxygen is the key active site on the …