Photocatalytic degradation of dyes using semiconductor photocatalysts to clean industrial water pollution

A Rafiq, M Ikram, S Ali, F Niaz, M Khan, Q Khan… - Journal of Industrial and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Textile industry represents a pollution problem worldwide due to the accidental discharge or
dum** of polluted wastewater into the waterways, which is having a major influence on …

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 …

Comparative study of sonophotocatalytic, photocatalytic, and catalytic activities of magnesium and chitosan-doped tin oxide quantum dots

S Moeen, M Ikram, A Haider, J Haider, A Ul-Hamid… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The present study demonstrates the hydrothermal synthesis of SnO2 quantum dots (QDs)
doped with different concentrations (2, 4 wt%) of magnesium (Mg) and a fixed amount of …

Assessment of catalytic, antimicrobial and molecular docking analysis of starch-grafted polyacrylic acid doped BaO nanostructures

M Ikram, A Haider, M Imran, J Haider, S Naz… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The removal of cationic dyes from water has received a great attention of researchers
considering their influence on environment and ecosystem. In current work, starch-grafted …

Recent advances in membrane-enabled water desalination by 2D frameworks: Graphene and beyond

A Raza, JZ Hassan, A Mahmood, W Nabgan, M Ikram - Desalination, 2022 - Elsevier
The growing population rate and expansion of industrial sector are associated with climate
variation, which steered towards global water complications. The current review summarizes …

Synthesis of Al/starch co-doped in CaO nanoparticles for enhanced catalytic and antimicrobial activities: experimental and DFT approaches

M Ikram, A Haider, ST Bibi, A Ul-Hamid, J Haider… - RSC …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
In this work, aluminum/starch (St)-doped CaO nanoparticles (NPs) were synthesized by a co-
precipitation method to degrade harmful dyes in various pH media. Systematic …

A review on bismuth oxyhalide based materials for photocatalysis

X Wei, MU Akbar, A Raza, G Li - Nanoscale Advances, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Photocatalytic solar energy transformation is the most encouraging solution to alleviate the
environmental crisis and energy scarcity. Bismuth oxyhalide (BiOX) is an emerging class of …

Recent advances in carbonaceous sustainable nanomaterials for wastewater treatments

A Raza, S Altaf, S Ali, M Ikram, G Li - Sustainable Materials and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The challengeable situation prevailing throughout the world is still a question mark
regarding safe drinking and cleaning for water, and therefore to be resolved on priority basis …

Recent advances in graphene oxide and reduced graphene oxide based nanocomposites for the photodegradation of dyes

F Khan, MS Khan, S Kamal, M Arshad… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The use of photocatalysts for the degradation of synthetic and organic pollutants, such as
dyes and chemicals, has emerged as an effective method for wastewater treatment. In this …

Hydrothermal synthesis of silver decorated reduced graphene oxide (rGO) nanoflakes with effective photocatalytic activity for wastewater treatment

M Ikram, A Raza, M Imran, A Ul-Hamid… - Nanoscale Research …, 2020 - Springer
Graphene oxide (GO) was obtained through modified hummers method, and reduced
graphene oxide (rGO) was acquired by employing heat treatment. Various concentrations …