A comparative study on recent progress in efficient ZnO based nanocomposite and heterojunction photocatalysts: A review

S Goktas, A Goktas - Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2021 - Elsevier
ZnO based binary and multiple heterojunction/nanocomposite photocatalysts get profound
attentions due to its solving the world crises of energy supply and utilizing sun power …

Review on the improvement of the photocatalytic and antibacterial activities of ZnO

K Qi, B Cheng, J Yu, W Ho - Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2017 - Elsevier
Photocatalytic degradation is an effective method to alleviate environmental pollution
caused by organic pollutants. In this work, research progress on the application of …

Core/shell nanoparticles: classes, properties, synthesis mechanisms, characterization, and applications

R Ghosh Chaudhuri, S Paria - Chemical reviews, 2012 - ACS Publications
Nanomaterials have, by definition, one or more dimension in the nanometer scale (≤ 100
nm) range and subsequently show novel properties from their bulk materials. The synthesis …

Methods, mechanism, and applications of photodeposition in photocatalysis: a review

K Wenderich, G Mul - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
In this review, for a variety of metals and semiconductors, an attempt is made to generalize
observations in the literature on the effect of process conditions applied during …

Recent advances in photocatalysis for environmental applications

C Byrne, G Subramanian, SC Pillai - Journal of environmental chemical …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Advanced Oxidation technologies (AOTs) are gaining attention as an effective
waste water treatment methodology capable of degrading diverse spectrum of recalcitrant …

Photocorrosion inhibition of semiconductor-based photocatalysts: basic principle, current development, and future perspective

B Weng, MY Qi, C Han, ZR Tang, YJ Xu - Acs Catalysis, 2019 - ACS Publications
Heterogeneous photocatalysis is a promising strategy for addressing the worldwide
environmental pollution and energy shortage issues. However, unlike TiO2 with good …

Surface plasmons in metallic nanoparticles: fundamentals and applications

MA García - Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
The excitation of surface plasmons (SPs) in metallic nanoparticles (NPs) induces optical
properties hardly achievable in other optical materials, yielding a wide range of applications …

Zinc oxide based photocatalysis: tailoring surface-bulk structure and related interfacial charge carrier dynamics for better environmental applications

SG Kumar, KSRK Rao - Rsc Advances, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
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 …

Recent advancements in supporting materials for immobilised photocatalytic applications in waste water treatment

B Srikanth, R Goutham, RB Narayan… - Journal of environmental …, 2017 - Elsevier
The aim of this paper is to provide a review on the usage of different anchoring media
(supports) for immobilising commonly employed photocatalysts for degradation of organic …

ZnO/Ag nanocomposite: an efficient catalyst for degradation studies of textile effluents under visible light

R Saravanan, N Karthikeyan, VK Gupta… - Materials Science and …, 2013 - Elsevier
Degradation of model organic dye and industry effluent was studied using different weight
percentages of Ag into ZnO as a catalyst. In this study, the catalysts were prepared by …