Enhanced photocatalytic degradation of amoxicillin using a spinning disc photocatalytic reactor (SDPR) with a novel Fe3O4@void@CuO/ZnO yolk-shell thin film …

S Fallahizadeh, M Gholami, MR Rahimi, A Esrafili… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Antibiotics are resistant compounds with low biological degradation that generally cannot be
removed by conventional wastewater treatment processes. The use of yolk-shell …

[HTML][HTML] Multifunctional silver-coated transparent TiO2 thin films for photocatalytic and antimicrobial applications

JG Cuadra, S Molina-Prados, G Mínguez-Vega… - Applied Surface …, 2023 - Elsevier
Transparent TiO 2 thin films coated with Ag NPs were synthesized using two industrially
applicable techniques, pulsed laser ablation (PLAL) and spray pyrolysis without using high …

Enhancing the performance of ZnO-based photodetectors by forming ZnO/(Cu: ZnO) core/shell nanorods

HND Huynh, BGM Nguyen, TM Dinh… - ACS Applied …, 2024 - ACS Publications
ZnO nanomaterials are some of the most excellent candidates for low-cost but high-
performance photodetectors, particularly in the UV region. Besides do**, architecting ZnO …

Revolutionizing CO2‐to‐C2 Conversion: Unleashing the Potential of CeO2 Nanocores for Self‐ Supported Electrocatalysts with Cu2O Nanoflakes on 3D Graphene …

FM Yap, JY Loh, S Yuan, X Zeng… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Cu serves as a promising electrocatalyst for converting CO2 into valuable C2 products in
CO2 reduction reactions (CO2RR). However, instability in CO* formation is crucial for CO2 …

Insight into the photoluminescence and morphological characteristics of transition metals (TM= Mn, Ni, Co, Cu)-doped ZnO semiconductor: a comparative study

A Derri, A Mokadem, A Ouerdane, KB Bensassi… - Optical Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
In this work, undoped and transition metal (TM= Mn, Ni, Co, Cu)-doped ZnO thin films were
grown on Si substrate using the ultrasonic spray pyrolysis technique, adhering to the same …

[HTML][HTML] Degradation of rhodamine B dye under visible and solar light on zinc oxide and nickel-doped zinc oxide thin films

M Sellam, S Azizi, D Bouras, M Fellah, A Obrosov… - Optical Materials, 2024 - Elsevier
The kinetic investigation of rhodamine B dye's photocatalytic degradation, chosen as a
model pollutant, was conducted at room temperature using Zinc oxide (ZnO) and nickel …

[HTML][HTML] Photocatalytic antimicrobial and photostability studies of TiO2/ZnO thin films

E Widyastuti, CT Chiu, JL Hsu, YC Lee - Arabian Journal of Chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
A nanothin film-based antimicrobial coating has been attractive in response to the rise and
spread of pathogenic microbes, which led to the development of low-cost, effective, and …

Development of Cu2O-Cu-ZnO ternary nanocomposites for high-performance photoelectrochemical non-enzymatic glucose sensor

H Miao, Z Yang, J Lv, C Kong - Surfaces and Interfaces, 2024 - Elsevier
The construction of ternary nanocomposites has shown promising prospects in
photoelectrochemical (PEC) glucose sensing. In this work, cubic Cu 2 O-Cu-ZnO (CCZ) …

Highly efficient photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants using a polyvinylidene fluoride/polyvinylpyrrolidone-cuprous oxide composite membrane

Q Qing, SY Chen, SZ Hu, L Li, T Huang, N Zhang… - Langmuir, 2024 - ACS Publications
Enhancing the efficiency of photocatalysts in the removal of organic pollutants is of vital
importance in wastewater treatment. In this work, a set of composite membranes that can be …

Facile preparation and characterization of nanostructured ZnS/PbS heterojunction thin films for enhanced microbial inhibition and photocatalytic degradation

D Aouf, A Henni, D Selloum, Y Khane… - Materials Chemistry and …, 2023 - Elsevier
In the present study, we report for the first time the elaboration of n-ZnS/p-PbS heterojunction
thin film by spin-coating method and its antimicrobial and photocatalytic activities. The …