Principles of photocatalysts and their different applications: a review

MA Hassaan, MA El-Nemr, MR Elkatory… - Topics in Current …, 2023 - Springer
Human existence and societal growth are both dependent on the availability of clean and
fresh water. Photocatalysis is a type of artificial photosynthesis that uses environmentally …

Quantum dots: Prospectives, toxicity, advances and applications

B Gidwani, V Sahu, SS Shukla, R Pandey… - Journal of Drug Delivery …, 2021 - Elsevier
Quantum Dots are fluorescence type semiconductor nano sized particles. They are made up
of either heavy metal or inorganic material with size range from 2 to 10 nm. The word …

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 …

Understanding TiO2 Photocatalysis: Mechanisms and Materials

J Schneider, M Matsuoka, M Takeuchi, J Zhang… - Chemical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Environmental pollution and destruction as well as the lack of sufficient clean and natural
energy resources are some of the most serious problems presently faced on a global scale …

Evaluation of the Tauc method for optical absorption edge determination: ZnO thin films as a model system

BD Viezbicke, S Patel, BE Davis… - physica status solidi …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
One of the most frequently used methods for characterizing thin films is UV–Vis absorption.
The near‐edge region can be fitted to a simple expression in which the intercept gives the …

[HTML][HTML] Review of material design and reactor engineering on TiO2 photocatalysis for CO2 reduction

O Ola, MM Maroto-Valer - Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C …, 2015 - Elsevier
The continuous combustion of non-renewable fossil fuels and depletion of existing
resources is intensifying the research and development of alternative future energy options …

Bulk‐heterojunction organic solar cells: five core technologies for their commercialization

H Kang, G Kim, J Kim, S Kwon, H Kim… - Advanced …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The past two decades of vigorous interdisciplinary approaches has seen tremendous
breakthroughs in both scientific and technological developments of bulk‐heterojunction …

Zinc oxide based photocatalysis: tailoring surface-bulk structure and related interfacial charge carrier dynamics for better environmental applications

SG Kumar, KSRK Rao - Rsc Advances, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
As an alternative to the gold standard TiO2 photocatalyst, the use of zinc oxide (ZnO) as a
robust candidate for wastewater treatment is widespread due to its similarity in charge …

Modified TiO2 photocatalyst for CO2 photocatalytic reduction: an overview

H Abdullah, MMR Khan, HR Ong, Z Yaakob - Journal of CO2 Utilization, 2017 - Elsevier
The photocatalytic pathway to reduce carbon dioxide (CO 2) to fuel, an artificial
photosynthesis process, is a futuristic and ultimate way to combat the energy crisis and CO 2 …

A review of TiO2 nanoparticles

SM Gupta, M Tripathi - chinese science bulletin, 2011 - Springer
Climate change and the consumption of non-renewable resources are considered as the
greatest problems facing humankind. Because of this, photocatalysis research has been …