A rapid rise in population, extensive anthropogenic activities including agricultural practices,
up-scaled industrialization, massive deforestation, etc. are the leading causes of …

The introduction of inorganic and organic pollutants into water bodies has become a serious
issue globally. The waste streams released from the textile, plastic, leather, paper …

The Tauc plot is a method originally developed to derive the optical gap of amorphous
semiconductors such as amorphous germanium or silicon. By measuring the absorption …

Photodegradation is the chemical conversion of large, toxic, and complex molecules into
non-toxic, simpler, and lower molecular weight species due to light exposure …

Sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) was employed as a stabilizing agent for the preparation of Ag-
NPs while using AgNO 3 salt as a source of silver ions and sodium borohydride as a …

ZrO2 nanoparticles have received substantially increased attention in every field of life
owing to their wide range of applications. Zirconium oxide is a commercially economical …

Photocatalytic degradation is a valuable direction for eliminating organic pollutants in the
environment because of its exceptional catalytic activity and low energy requirements. As …

Iron oxide nanoparticles were synthesized by co-precipitation using three different iron salt
stoichiometric mole ratios. Powder X-ray diffraction patterns revealed the inverse cubic …

In this work, we have demonstrated a comparative investigation on the photocatalytic
competency of hydroxyapatite (HAp) prepared by solid state (S-HAp) and wet chemical (W …

The chemical reduction method was used to synthesize nickel oxide particles (NiO) and NiO
supported on titanium dioxide (NiO/TiO 2 nanocomposite). The composites were …