Recent catalytic routes for the preparation and the upgrading of biomass derived furfural and 5-hydroxymethylfurfural

C Xu, E Paone, D Rodríguez-Padrón… - Chemical Society …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Furans represent one of the most important classes of intermediates in the conversion of non-
edible lignocellulosic biomass into bio-based chemicals and fuels. At present, bio-furan …

Zinc oxide ultraviolet photodetectors: rapid progress from conventional to self-powered photodetectors

BD Boruah - Nanoscale Advances, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Currently, the development of ultraviolet (UV) photodetectors (PDs) has attracted the
attention of the research community because of the vast range of applications of …

Surface functionalization/silane modification of CeO2 nanoparticles and their influences on photocatalytic activity of acrylic films for methylene blue removal

N Moradi, M Jamshidi, R Ghamarpoor… - Progress in Organic …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, the photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue (MB) as model organic
pollutant by pure and silane modified CeO 2 nanoparticles was assessed. The surface …

Recent advances in 2D materials for photocatalysis

B Luo, G Liu, L Wang - Nanoscale, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Two-dimensional (2D) materials have attracted increasing attention for photocatalytic
applications because of their unique thickness dependent physical and chemical properties …

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 …

Nanomaterials-enabled water and wastewater treatment

Y Zhang, B Wu, H Xu, H Liu, M Wang, Y He, B Pan - NanoImpact, 2016 - Elsevier
With the fast development of nanomaterials and nanotechnology, environmental
nanotechnology has attracted increasing concerns in the past decades. In the field of water …

Molybdenum disulfide nanomaterials: Structures, properties, synthesis and recent progress on hydrogen evolution reaction

Z He, W Que - Applied Materials Today, 2016 - Elsevier
In this review, we provide a comprehensive overview of the MoS 2 nanomaterials,
summarizing recent related studies on structures, properties, synthesis techniques and …

A bismuth rich hollow Bi4O5Br2 photocatalyst enables dramatic CO2 reduction activity

X **, C Lv, X Zhou, H **e, S Sun, Y Liu, Q Meng… - Nano Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
The insufficient separation of photogenerated charge carriers and faint CO 2 capture
remains the major obstacles for photocatalytic conversion of CO 2 into solar fuel. Rational …

Photocatalytic nanomaterials for solar-driven bacterial inactivation: recent progress and challenges

W Wang, G Li, D **a, T An, H Zhao… - Environmental Science …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Nanostructured photocatalysts have attracted ever-growing research attention in the
application of solar energy for water disinfection. Over the past few decades, various …

Semiconductor-based photocatalytic hydrogen generation

X Chen, S Shen, L Guo, SS Mao - Chemical reviews, 2010 - ACS Publications
Because of its high energy capacity and environmental friendliness, hydrogen has been
identified as a potential energy carrier in many low greenhouse gas (GHG) energy …