Recent developments in MnO2-based photocatalysts for organic dye removal: a review

SL Chiam, SY Pung, FY Yeoh - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2020 - Springer
The textile industry consumes a large volume of organic dyes and water. These organic
dyes, which remained in the effluents, are usually persistent and difficult to degrade by …

Thin film photocatalysis for environmental remediation: A status review

RS Pedanekar, SK Shaikh, KY Rajpure - Current Applied Physics, 2020 - Elsevier
This review accounts, various metal oxide and metal sulfide thin films available for
photodegradation of several organic compounds. Due to difficulties in recycling and to avoid …

Solar photoelectrocatalytic degradation of ciprofloxacin at a FTO/BiVO4/MnO2 anode: kinetics, intermediate products and degradation pathway studies

BO Orimolade, BN Zwane, BA Koiki, L Tshwenya… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
The removal of pharmaceuticals from contaminated water has remained a major challenge
in recent times. This present work reports the solar photoelectrocatalytic removal of …

The chemical stability of metal-organic frameworks in water treatments: Fundamentals, effect of water matrix and judging methods

L Wang, X Li, B Yang, K **ao, H Duan… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), with high surface areas and abundant active
sites, have been widely studied as adsorbents and catalysts in water treatments. Although …

Mn1-xCuxO2/reduced graphene oxide nanocomposites: synthesis, characterization, and evaluation of visible light mediated catalytic studies

MF Warsi, B Bashir, S Zulfiqar, M Aadil, MU Khalid… - Ceramics …, 2021 - Elsevier
The narrow optical band gap, higher electrical conductivity, and wider-absorption range are
three key features that a good photocatalyst must possess. Herein, we have fabricated Cu …

Novel Z-scheme W18O49/CeO2 heterojunction for improved photocatalytic hydrogen evolution

CH Shen, XJ Wen, ZH Fei, ZT Liu, QM Mu - Journal of Colloid and Interface …, 2020 - Elsevier
The novel Z-scheme heterojunction photocatalyst W 18 O 49/CeO 2 was prepared by
hydrothermal synthesis. The photocatalytic properties of W 18 O 49/CeO 2 were evaluated …

Eco-friendly rice husk derived biochar as a highly efficient noble Metal-Free cocatalyst for high production of H2 using solar light irradiation

P Bhavani, DP Kumar, M Hussain… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Eco-friendly, low-cost, and highly efficient noble metal-free rice husk (RH) biomass-
derived biochar (BC) was developed as an efficient cocatalyst to improve the performance of …

Towards visible light driven photoelectrocatalysis for water treatment: Application of a FTO/BiVO4/Ag2S heterojunction anode for the removal of emerging …

BO Orimolade, OA Arotiba - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Pharmaceuticals have been classified as emerging water pollutants which are recalcitrant in
nature. In the quest to find a suitable technique in removing them from contaminated water …

Visible light induced photocatalytic activity of MnO2/BiVO4 for the degradation of organic dye and tetracycline

M Liaqat, NR Khalid, MB Tahir, S Znaidia, H Alrobei… - Ceramics …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this work, α-MnO 2/BiVO 4 nanocomposites with varying MnO 2 contents (0–7 wt%) were
successfully prepared via the simple chemical method. The structure, morphology, and …

Facile fabrication of novel BiVO4/Bi2S3/MoS2 np heterojunction with enhanced photocatalytic activities towards pollutant degradation under natural sunlight

J Wang, J **, X Wang, S Yang, Y Zhao, Y Wu… - Journal of colloid and …, 2017 - Elsevier
The novel three-component BiVO 4/Bi 2 S 3/MoS 2 heterojunction was successfully
fabricated through a facile in-situ hydrothermal method based on the formation of the …