A review of ZnO nanoparticles as solar photocatalysts: Synthesis, mechanisms and applications

CB Ong, LY Ng, AW Mohammad - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are carbon-based chemical substances that are
resistant to environmental degradation and may not be completely removed through …

Recent progress on visible-light-driven metal and non-metal doped ZnO nanostructures for photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants

FM Sanakousar, CC Vidyasagar… - Materials science in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Organic pollutants are chemical compounds that are resistant to degradation in the
environment and that treatment methods may not be able to completely remove. Both …

Nanocatalysts and other nanomaterials for water remediation from organic pollutants

F Lu, D Astruc - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
With the industrial development, population increasing and climate change, water pollution
becomes a critical issue around the world. As a result, the remediation of water pollution …

Photocatalysis: from fundamental principles to materials and applications

X Yang, D Wang - ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2018 - ACS Publications
Photocatalysis represents a unique class of chemical transformations. It utilizes the energy
delivered by light and drives reactions that are difficult, sometimes even impossible, to carry …

Recent progress on doped ZnO nanostructures for visible-light photocatalysis

M Samadi, M Zirak, A Naseri, E Khorashadizade… - Thin solid films, 2016 - Elsevier
Global environmental pollution and energy supply demand have been regarded as
important concerns in recent years. Metal oxide semiconductor photocatalysts is a promising …

Visible/solar light active photocatalysts for organic effluent treatment: Fundamentals, mechanisms and parametric review

LV Bora, RK Mewada - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
Intensive research work is being undertaken globally to effectively use the process of
photocatalysis for the degradation of organic pollutants from industrial effluents. For the …

Limitations and prospects for wastewater treatment by UV and visible-light-active heterogeneous photocatalysis: a critical review

G Iervolino, I Zammit, V Vaiano, L Rizzo - Heterogeneous Photocatalysis …, 2020 - Springer
Heterogeneous photocatalysis (HPC) has been widely investigated in recent decades for
the removal of a number of contaminants from aqueous matrices, but its application in real …

Modification of a Z-scheme ZnO-CuO nanocomposite by Ag loading as a highly efficient visible light photocatalyst

A Zare, A Saadati, S Sheibani - Materials Research Bulletin, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper has conducted a comparative study between ZnO-CuO and ZnO-CuO-Ag
nanocomposites from a characterization and photodegradation mechanism point of view …

[HTML][HTML] Efficient photocatalytic degradation of crystal violet dye and electrochemical performance of modified MWCNTs/Cd-ZnO nanoparticles with quantum chemical …

MF Sanakousar, V CC, VM Jiménez-Pérez… - Journal of hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Several literature studies have defined the do** technique of ZnO with a Cd (transition
metal) for photocatalysis applications. Despite this, the properties and the mechanism …

Enhanced photocatalytic activity of Cu and Ni-doped ZnO nanostructures: A comparative study of methyl orange dye degradation in aqueous solution

MR Al-Mamun, MZI Rokon, MA Rahim, MI Hossain… - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
Heterogeneous photocatalysis has been considered one of the most effective and efficient
techniques to remove organic contaminants from wastewater. The present work was …