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 …

Recent developments of zinc oxide based photocatalyst in water treatment technology: a review

KM Lee, CW Lai, KS Ngai, JC Juan - Water research, 2016 - Elsevier
Today, a major issue about water pollution is the residual dyes from different sources (eg,
textile industries, paper and pulp industries, dye and dye intermediates industries …

A review on bidirectional analogies between the photocatalysis and antibacterial properties of ZnO

J Liu, Y Wang, J Ma, Y Peng, A Wang - Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2019 - Elsevier
As a multi-functional biosafety material with outstanding anti-ultraviolet property, good
photocatalytic property as well as antibacterial activity, ZnO shows promising practical …

Comparative photocatalytic activity of sol–gel derived rare earth metal (La, Nd, Sm and Dy)-doped ZnO photocatalysts for degradation of dyes

U Alam, A Khan, D Ali, D Bahnemann, M Muneer - RSC advances, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Rare earth metal do** into semiconductor oxides is considered to be an effective
approach to enhance photocatalytic activity due to its ability to retard the electron–hole pair …

[HTML][HTML] Optical, structural properties and photocatalytic potential of Nd-ZnO nanoparticles synthesized by hydrothermal method

M Lal, P Sharma, C Ram - Results in Optics, 2023 - Elsevier
The structural, optical, and photocatalytic properties of hydrothermally produced ZnO and Nd-
ZnO nanostructures were studied. Doped and un-doped nanomaterials properties examine …

Lattice defects and oxygen vacancies formulated ferromagnetic, luminescence, structural properties and band-gap tuning in Nd3+ substituted ZnO nanoparticles

J Sahu, S Kumar, VS Vats, PA Alvi, B Dalela… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract ZnO and Zn 1-x Nd x O nanoparticles synthesized using the microwave assisted co-
precipitation method were probed using XRD, HRTEM, UV–Vis spectroscopy, Raman …

A review on photocatalytic application of g-C3N4/semiconductor (CNS) nanocomposites towards the erasure of dyeing wastewater

SM Lam, JC Sin, AR Mohamed - Materials Science in Semiconductor …, 2016 - Elsevier
Widespread concerns about the impacts of exposure to chemical substances with textile
dyeing activities continue to be raised. Hitherto, the percolation of synthetic colourants into …

Ce-doped ZnO nanoparticles for efficient photocatalytic degradation of direct red-23 dye

R Kumar, A Umar, G Kumar, MS Akhtar, Y Wang… - Ceramics …, 2015 - Elsevier
This paper reports the simple, rapid and high-yield synthesis of Ce-doped ZnO
nanoparticles using solution combustion method and its application for photocatalytic …

Zn0. 9Ce0. 05M0. 05O (M= Er, Y, V) nanocrystals: structural and energy bandgap engineering of ZnO for enhancing photocatalytic and antibacterial activity

T Munawar, S Yasmeen, F Mukhtar, MS Nadeem… - Ceramics …, 2020 - Elsevier
Novel photocatalytic and antibacterial material Zn 0.9 Ce 0.05 M 0.05 O (M= Er, Y, V)
nanocrystals were synthesized via a facile co-precipitation technique and characterized by …

The applications of morphology controlled ZnO in catalysis

Y Sun, L Chen, Y Bao, Y Zhang, J Wang, M Fu, J Wu… - Catalysts, 2016 - mdpi.com
Zinc oxide (ZnO), with the unique chemical and physical properties of high chemical stability,
broad radiation absorption range, high electrochemical coupling coefficient, and high photo …