Prospects of algae-based green synthesis of nanoparticles for environmental applications

F Khan, A Shahid, H Zhu, N Wang, MR Javed… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Green synthesis of nanoparticles (NPs) has emerged as an eco-friendly alternative to
produce nanomaterials with diverse physical, chemical, and biological characteristics …

Review on the improvement of the photocatalytic and antibacterial activities of ZnO

K Qi, B Cheng, J Yu, W Ho - Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2017 - Elsevier
Photocatalytic degradation is an effective method to alleviate environmental pollution
caused by organic pollutants. In this work, research progress on the application of …

Tuning of metal oxides photocatalytic performance using Ag nanoparticles integration

H Karimi-Maleh, BG Kumar, S Rajendran, J Qin… - Journal of Molecular …, 2020 - Elsevier
Water contamination is increasingly an important issue in develo** and under developed
countries. The main cause of water contaminations are industrial dyes and toxic chemicals …

Silver nanomaterials: synthesis and (electro/photo) catalytic applications

RK Sharma, S Yadav, S Dutta, HB Kale… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
In view of their unique characteristics and properties, silver nanomaterials (Ag NMs) have
been used not only in the field of nanomedicine but also for diverse advanced catalytic …

Preparation of ZnO photocatalyst for the efficient and rapid photocatalytic degradation of azo dyes

X Chen, Z Wu, D Liu, Z Gao - Nanoscale research letters, 2017 - Springer
Zinc oxide (ZnO) photocatalysts were synthesized by sol–gel method using zinc acetate as
precursor for degradation of azo dyes under UV irradiation. The resultant samples were …

Novel and efficient synthesis of Ag-ZnO nanoparticles for the sunlight-induced photocatalytic degradation

Y Liu, Q Zhang, M Xu, H Yuan, Y Chen, J Zhang… - Applied Surface …, 2019 - Elsevier
Plasmonic metal-semiconductor nanostructures endow them with an enormous potential
application in photocatalysis, however, the uniform deposition of metal NPs as small as a …

Enhanced removal of various dyes from aqueous solutions by UV and simulated solar photocatalysis over TiO2/ZnO/rGO composites

CH Nguyen, ML Tran, TT Van Tran… - Separation and Purification …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, the nanostructured TiO 2/ZnO/reduced graphene oxide (TZR) composites were
fabricated by a facile hydrothermal process. The morphology, fine structure, optical and …

ZnO/Ag/CdO nanocomposite for visible light-induced photocatalytic degradation of industrial textile effluents

R Saravanan, MM Khan, VK Gupta, E Mosquera… - Journal of colloid and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract A ternary ZnO/Ag/CdO nanocomposite was synthesized using thermal
decomposition method. The resulting nanocomposite was characterized by X-ray diffraction …

A review on degradation of organic dyes by using metal oxide semiconductors

S Yadav, K Shakya, A Gupta, D Singh… - … Science and Pollution …, 2023 - Springer
The discharge of organic dye pollutants in natural water bodies has put forward a big
challenge of providing clean water to a large part of the population. As the population is …

Green inspired synthesis of ZnO nanoparticles and its characterizations with biofilm, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and anti-diabetic activities

K Velsankar, A Venkatesan, P Muthumari… - Journal of Molecular …, 2022 - Elsevier
In recent times, the simple, eco-friendly, cost-effective synthesis of nanoparticles via green
technology is develo** interest on scientific community. In this report, the ZnO …