Electrospun semiconductor‐based nano‐heterostructures for photocatalytic energy conversion and environmental remediation: opportunities and challenges

N Lu, M Zhang, X **g, P Zhang, Y Zhu… - Energy & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Harvesting solar energy to drive the semiconductor photocatalysis offers a promising tactic
to address ever‐growing challenges of both energy shortage and environmental pollution …

Design and tailoring of one-dimensional ZnO nanomaterials for photocatalytic degradation of organic dyes: a review

M Samadi, M Zirak, A Naseri, M Kheirabadi… - Research on Chemical …, 2019 - Springer
Photocatalysis using semiconductors has emerged as a promising wastewater treatment
process to overcome the major challenges faced by conventional technologies. The …

Recent advances in polymer/metal/metal oxide hybrid nanostructures for catalytic applications: A review

ME El-Naggar, K Shoueir - Journal of Environmental Chemical …, 2020 - Elsevier
This review presents the essence of polymer and polymer/metal oxide hybrid nanoparticles
in catalytic applications. The weakness of the modern photocatalytic system such as low …

Polymer nanocomposites for photocatalytic applications

V Melinte, L Stroea, AL Chibac-Scutaru - Catalysts, 2019 - mdpi.com
In the present comprehensive review we have specifically focused on polymer
nanocomposites used as photocatalytic materials in fine organic reactions or in organic …

Recent advances in structure design for enhancing photocatalysis

X He, C Zhang - Journal of Materials Science, 2019 - Springer
Semiconductor photocatalysis has attracted considerable attention because it is a promising
way to deal with the global energy scarcity and environmental degradation. Over the past …

Atomic Layer Deposition of NiOOH/Ni(OH)2 on PIM‐1‐Based N‐Doped Carbon Nanofibers for Electrochemical Water Splitting in Alkaline Medium

B Patil, B Satilmis, MA Khalily, T Uyar - ChemSusChem, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Portable and flexible energy devices demand lightweight and highly efficient catalytic
materials for use in energy devices. An efficient water splitting electrocatalyst is considered …

MOF-based C-doped coupled TiO2/ZnO nanofibrous membrane with crossed network connection for enhanced photocatalytic activity

X Hou, SL Stanley, M Zhao, J Zhang, H Zhou… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2019 - Elsevier
As the most widely used metal oxide catalysts in photocatalytic degradation, the fast
recombination of charge carriers limits the photocatalytic performance of multiform TiO 2 …

Sunlight driven highly efficient degradation of methylene blue by CuO-ZnO nanoflowers

SP Mardikar, S Kulkarni, PV Adhyapak - Journal of Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Highly efficient photocatalysis of methylene blue dye has been demonstrated using
hierarchical copper oxide and zinc oxide (CuO-ZnO) nanoflower like structure. The flower …

Photocatalytic activity of ZnO nanoparticle encapsulated poly (acrylonitrile) nanofibers

ND Tissera, RN Wijesena, CS Sandaruwan… - Materials Chemistry and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Inorganic semiconductor zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles were embedded into an electro-
spun hydrophobic Poly (acrylonitrile)(PAN) nanofiber membrane. Electro spinning has …

Electrospinning combined with atomic layer deposition to generate applied nanomaterials: a review

S Vempati, KS Ranjith, F Topuz, N Biyikli… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Combining different material processing techniques is one of the keys to obtain materials
that depict synergistic properties. In this review, we have reviewed a combination of two …