Colloidal approaches to zinc oxide nanocrystals

J van Embden, S Gross, KR Kittilstved… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Zinc oxide is an extensively studied semiconductor with a wide band gap in the near-UV. Its
many interesting properties have found use in optics, electronics, catalysis, sensing, as well …

Metal/semiconductor interfaces in nanoscale objects: synthesis, emerging properties and applications of hybrid nanostructures

M Volokh, T Mokari - Nanoscale Advances, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Hybrid nanostructures, composed of multi-component crystals of various shapes, sizes and
compositions are much sought-after functional materials. Pairing the ability to tune each …

High-ratio {100} plane-exposed ZnO nanosheets with dual-active centers for simultaneous photocatalytic Cr (VI) reduction and Cr (III) adsorption from water

X Li, J Liu, J Feng, T Wei, Z Zhou, J Ma, Y Ren… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
The development of an efficient catalyst for the simultaneous removal of Cr (VI) and Cr (III)
from water is required to eliminate the risk of Cr (III) reconversion in the photocatalytic Cr (VI) …

Crystal Facet-Dependent CO2 Photoreduction over Porous ZnO Nanocatalysts

P Li, H Hu, G Luo, S Zhu, L Guo, P Qu… - ACS Applied Materials …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Crystal facet engineering provides a promising approach to tailor the performance of
catalysts because of the close relationship between the photocatalytic activity and the …

Construction of Ag–ZnO/cellulose nanocomposites via tunable cellulose size for improving photocatalytic performance

C Shi, L Zhang, H Bian, Z Shi, J Ma, Z Wang - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Ag–ZnO/cellulose nanocomposites with tunable structure and properties was
fabricated and used as an effective photocatalyst for degrading methyl orange (MO) dye …

Nanostructure shape-effects in ZnO heterogeneous photocatalysis

H Weerathunga, C Tang, AJ Brock, S Sarina… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Selective oxidation of alcohols is an essential reaction for fine chemical production. Here,
the photocatalytic oxidation of benzyl alcohol by zinc oxide (ZnO) nanocrystals was …

Utilization of formononetin and pinocembrin from stem extract of Dalbergia parviflora as cap** agents for preparation of ZnO photocatalysts for degradation of …

T Chankhanittha, C Yenjai, S Nanan - Catalysis Today, 2022 - Elsevier
Preparation of natural-product-capped ZnO nanoparticles via a solvothermal method has
been demonstrated. The stem extracts of Dalbergia parviflora namely formononetin and …

Controllable synthesis of ZnO nanoparticles with improved photocatalytic performance for the degradation of rhodamine B under ultraviolet light irradiation

X Ren, Y Du, X Qu, Y Li, L Yin, K Shen, J Zhang, Y Liu - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
In this work, two-dimensional (2D) Zn-HMT (Zn (NO3) 2 (HMT) 2 (H2O) 2] n) nanosheets
were synthesized using a facile one-step chemical precipitation in the presence of Zn (NO3) …

Surface plasmon resonance-enhanced cascaded sensitization effect of CuInSe2/Cu3 (BTC) 2/Y: ZnO photosensitive structures enabled lab-on-paper …

G Wang, L Li, Y Li, Y Hao, Q Li, L Zhang, S Ge… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Herein, the surface plasmon resonance (SPR)-enhanced cascaded sensitization effect of
CuInSe 2/Cu 3 (BTC) 2/yttrium doped ZnO (Y: ZnO) photosensitive structures were …

A ZnO-002/amorphous Bi2WO6 heterojunction with enhanced electron-hole separation for high-performance Cr (VI) photoreduction

C **, M Liu, C Wang, X Yang, L Yao, W Zhang - Applied Surface Science, 2024 - Elsevier
The difference in bandgap structure results in better charge separation performance of
crystalline/amorphous heterojunctions compared to a single component. Considering that …