[HTML][HTML] Surface defect engineering of metal oxides photocatalyst for energy application and water treatment

P Raizada, V Soni, A Kumar, P Singh, AAP Khan… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Despite metal oxides offer excellent characteristics in the field of photocatalysis, they often
suffer from charge carrier recombination as well as limited visible response, which indeed …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in microwave synthesis for photoluminescence and photocatalysis

R Krishnan, SN Shibu, D Poelman, AK Badyal… - Materials Today …, 2022 - Elsevier
This review provides a comprehensive discussion on the microwave-assisted synthesis of
various materials for photoluminescence and photocatalytic applications. In the past decade …

Transition metal doped ZnO nanoparticles with enhanced photocatalytic and antibacterial performances: experimental and DFT studies

K Qi, X **ng, A Zada, M Li, Q Wang, S Liu, H Lin… - Ceramics …, 2020 - Elsevier
Transition metal doped ZnO (TM-ZnO) nanoparticles with 3% dopant content are
successfully prepared via a simple solvothermal route. This work highlights Mn, Fe, Co, Ni or …

Plasmon-enhanced photocatalysis based on plasmonic nanoparticles for energy and environmental solutions: a review

A Amirjani, NB Amlashi… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Plasmonic nanoparticles are able to enhance the photocatalytic performance of
semiconductor nanoparticles using four main mechanisms of light scattering, light …

ZnO nanoparticles modified by carbon quantum dots for the photocatalytic removal of synthetic pigment pollutants

JJ Xu, YN Lu, FF Tao, PF Liang, PA Zhang - ACS omega, 2023 - ACS Publications
Synthetic pigment pollutants caused by the rapid development of the modern food industry
have become a serious threat to people's health and quality of life. Environmentally friendly …

Fabrication of MoS2 QDs/ZnO nanosheet 0D/2D heterojunction photocatalysts for organic dyes and gaseous heavy metal removal

R Gang, L Xu, Y **a, J Cai, L Zhang, S Wang… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this paper, a novel 0D/2D heterojunction photocatalyst based on MoS 2 QDs/ZnO
nanosheets was successfully constructed by a simple two-step process, and its …

Enhancement of the photocatalytic activity of rGO/NiO/Ag nanocomposite for degradation of methylene blue dye

D Singh, KM Batoo, S Hussain, A Kumar, QH Aziz… - RSC …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The current study focuses on boosting the photocatalytic ability of reduced graphene oxide
(rGO) by decorating the rGO nano-sheets with nickel oxide (NiOx) and silver (Ag) …

[HTML][HTML] Facile synthesis of ZnO–Ag nanocomposite supported by graphene oxide with stabilised band-gap and wider visible-light region for photocatalyst application

S Gea, SA Situmorang, N Pasaribu, AFR Piliang… - journal of materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
The synthesis of zinc oxide (ZnO), with the support of silver (Ag) and Graphene Oxide (GO),
was carried out in several stages as a potential photocatalytic material. First, the GO was …

Mesoporous Ag/ZnO hybrid cages derived from ZIF-8 for enhanced photocatalytic and antibacterial activities

J Cui, D Wu, Z Li, G Zhao, J Wang, L Wang, B Niu - Ceramics International, 2021 - Elsevier
Ag/ZnO hybrid cages with well-preserved polyhedron shape and rich mesoporous structures
were prepared thorough in situ pyrolysis of AgNO 3 impregnated ZIF-8 precursor. Due to the …

Self-powered UV photodetector performance optimization based on Ag nanoparticles-encapsulated-ZnO nanorods by photo-deposition method

SM Mohammad, S Rajamanickam, Z Hassan… - Sensors and Actuators A …, 2021 - Elsevier
Simple and cost-effective hydrothermal technique combined with the photo-deposition
method was successfully employed to synthesize silver nanoparticles-encapsulated-zinc …