[HTML][HTML] Remediation of wastewater using various nano-materials

M Anjum, R Miandad, M Waqas, F Gehany… - Arabian journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
In the present era of scarcity of water resources, effective treatment of wastewater is a major
prerequisite for growing economy. It is critical to develop and implement advanced …

Targeted and Enhanced Antimicrobial Inhibition of Mesoporous ZnO–Ag2O/Ag, ZnO–CuO, and ZnO–SnO2 Composite Nanoparticles

M Pandey, M Singh, K Wasnik, S Gupta, S Patra… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
In this work, mesoporous (pore size below 4 nm) composite nanoparticles of ZnO–Ag2O/Ag,
ZnO–CuO, and ZnO–SnO2 of size d≤ 10 nm (dia.) have been synthesized through the in …

Recent advances in visible light driven inactivation of bloom forming blue-green algae using novel nano-composites: Mechanism, efficiency and fabrication …

F Imtiaz, J Rashid, R Kumar, JO Eniola… - Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Over the years, algae have proved to be a water pollutant due to global warming, climate
change, and the unregulated addition of organic compounds in water bodies from diffused …

Controlled synthesis of AgNPs@ ZIF-8 composite: Efficient heterogeneous photocatalyst for degradation of methylene blue and congo red

R Chandra, M Nath - Journal of Water Process Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
Photocatalytic degradation of organic dyes using novel metal based composite materials is
one of the most intriguing and sustainable ways to reduce water pollution. Herein, facile …

Enhanced electro-photo synergistic catalysis of Pt (Pd)/ZnO/graphene composite for methanol oxidation under visible light irradiation

Z Li, L Ye, F Lei, Y Wang, S Xu, S Lin - Electrochimica Acta, 2016 - Elsevier
One-pot method is used to synthesize Pt (Pd)/ZnO/graphene composite (simplified as Pt
(Pd)/ZnO/GNs). Under hydrothermal conditions, weak basic Zn 2+ ions (pH= 9.0) is …

Highly efficient performance of activated carbon impregnated with Ag, ZnO and Ag/ZnO nanoparticles as antimicrobial materials

TKMP Kumar, TR Mandlimath, P Sangeetha… - RSC …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
A simple and efficient route for the synthesis of Ag, ZnO and Ag/ZnO nanostructures
impregnated on highly porous activated carbon (AC) was developed. The antibacterial …

Copper phosphide promoted BiVO4 photocatalysts for the degradation of sulfamethoxazole in aqueous media

A Ioannidi, A Petala, Z Frontistis - Journal of Environmental Chemical …, 2020 - Elsevier
A series of copper phosphide promoted bismuth vanadate (Cu 3 P/BiVO 4) photocatalysts of
various Cu 3 P loadings (0-1 wt.% Cu 3 P), were prepared according to a solution-phase …

ZnO matrices as a platform for tunable localized surface plasmon resonances of silver nanoparticles

D Ntemogiannis, M Tsarmpopoulou, A Stamatelatos… - Coatings, 2024 - mdpi.com
In this study, the localized surface plasmon resonances (LSPRs) of Ag nanoparticles (NPs)
embedded in ZnO dielectric matrices were studied. Initially, continuous Ag thin films were …

Flow controlled fabrication of N doped ZnO thin films and estimation of their performance for sunlight photocatalytic decontamination of water

N Salah, A Hameed, M Aslam, MS Abdel-Wahab… - Chemical Engineering …, 2016 - Elsevier
To address the technological aspect of photocatalyst removal after decontamination, radio
frequency (RF) magnetron sputtered nitrogen (N) doped zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles films …

Enhanced photocatalytic degradation of textile wastewater using Ag/ZnO thin films

AMA Abdelsamad, TA Gad-Allah, FA Mahmoud… - Journal of Water …, 2018 - Elsevier
In this work, photodegradation of a synthetic textile wastewater composed of a mixture of
three reactive azo dyes (RO 122, RR 195 and RY 145) was performed using silver doped …