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 …

Impact of Titanium Dioxide (TiO2) Modification on Its Application to Pollution Treatment—A Review

R Li, T Li, Q Zhou - Catalysts, 2020 - mdpi.com
A high-efficiency method to deal with pollutants must be found because environmental
problems are becoming more serious. Photocatalytic oxidation technology as the …

Synthesis and characterization of Co–ZnO and evaluation of its photocatalytic activity for photodegradation of methyl orange

M Adeel, M Saeed, I Khan, M Muneer, N Akram - ACS omega, 2021 - ACS Publications
Photocatalysis is one of the techniques used for the eradication of organic pollutants from
wastewater. In this study, Co–ZnO was tested as a photocatalyst for the degradation of …

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 …

Sustainable nanotechnology based wastewater treatment strategies: achievements, challenges and future perspectives

SA Bhat, F Sher, M Hameed, O Bashir, R Kumar… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Nanotechnology is being an emerging science for wastewater treatment requires more
research emphasis and depth knowledge. For wastewater treatment, different forms of …

Sol-gel synthesis of nanostructured ZnO/SrZnO2 with boosted antibacterial and photocatalytic activity

S Ahmad, M Aadil, SR Ejaz, MU Akhtar, H Noor… - Ceramics …, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to extensive industrialization, toxic dyes and pathogenic microbes are contaminating
water supplies at an alarming rate. This situation is alarming for humans and all other living …

Enhanced photocatalytic activities of facile auto-combustion synthesized ZnO nanoparticles for wastewater treatment: An impact of Ni do**

M Shkir, B Palanivel, A Khan, M Kumar, JH Chang… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
In the current work, we present the facile one-pot synthesis of 0.0, 0.5, 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0 wt%
of Ni doped ZnO nanoparticles (Ni: ZnO NPs) through combustion route at 550° C. Structural …

Mesoporous activated carbon from grass waste via H3PO4-activation for methylene blue dye removal: modelling, optimisation, and mechanism study

AH Jawad, NN Mohd Firdaus Hum… - International Journal …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The grass (G) biomass waste in this work was used as an alternative source for producing
high-quality mesoporous activated carbon (AC) via H3PO4 activation. The developed G …

Chalcogen-doped zinc oxide nanoparticles for photocatalytic degradation of Rhodamine B under the irradiation of ultraviolet light

S Kumar, SK Sharma, RD Kaushik, LP Purohit - Materials Today Chemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
In the present work, the chalcogen (Se 2+)-doped ZnO nanoparticles (SeZO-NPs) were
synthesized using sol-gel precipitation method and tested for photocatalytic degradation of …

Visible light sensitive Cu doped ZnO: facile synthesis, characterization and high photocatalytic response

KV Chandekar, M Shkir, BM Al-Shehri, S AlFaify… - Materials …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The different concentrations of 0.0, 1.0, 2.5 and 5.0 wt% Cu-doped ZnO (Cu@ ZnO)
nanoparticles (NPs) have been synthesized for opto-photocatalytic applications by a facile …