Recent advances in semiconductor heterojunctions: a detailed review of the fundamentals of photocatalysis, charge transfer mechanism and materials

A Balapure, JR Dutta, R Ganesan - RSC Applied Interfaces, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Photocatalysis, due to its operability under sustainable and green energy conditions, is one
of the cardinal branches of the environmental remediation domain. To date, a significant …

Cleaning chromium pollution in aquatic environments by bioremediation, photocatalytic remediation, electrochemical remediation and coupled remediation systems

C He, L Gu, Z Xu, H He, G Fu, F Han, B Huang… - Environmental …, 2020 - Springer
Industrialization such as metallurgy, papermaking, chemicals, electroplating and tanning is
contributing to the pollution of ecosystems by chromium (Cr). Cr pollution has many sources …

Tetracycline removal from aqueous solution by visible-light-driven photocatalytic degradation with low cost red mud wastes

W Shi, H Ren, M Li, K Shu, Y Xu, C Yan… - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
Antibiotics wastewater poses a major threat to the global environment and human health. In
this work, red mud (RM) and modified RM (after calcination treatment), as industrial solid …

Engineering BiVO4@ Bi2S3 heterojunction by cosharing bismuth atoms toward boosted photocatalytic Cr (VI) reduction

X Lian, J Zhang, Y Zhan, Y Zhang, S Yang… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
The photocatalytic efficiency is limited by poor charge separation efficiency and high carrier
transport activation energy (CTAE) of photogenerated electron/hole pairs than traditional …

[HTML][HTML] Enhanced sonocatalytic degradation of organic dyes from aqueous solutions by novel synthesis of mesoporous Fe3O4-graphene/ZnO@ SiO2 …

Y Areerob, JY Cho, WK Jang, WC Oh - Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Fe 3 O 4-graphene/ZnO@ mesoporous-SiO 2 (MGZ@ SiO 2) nanocomposites was
synthesized via a simple one pot hydrothermal method. The as-obtained samples were …

Polyaniline modified SnO2 nanoparticles for efficient photocatalytic reduction of aqueous Cr (VI) under visible light

J Li, T Peng, Y Zhang, C Zhou, A Zhu - Separation and Purification …, 2018 - Elsevier
Polyaniline (PANI) was adopted to modify SnO 2 nanoparticles for develo** a promising
high efficiency visible light-driven photocatalyst for the treatment of Cr (VI)-polluted …

Boosted Cr (VI) clean up over magnetically recoverable NiS/γ-Fe2O3/C type-II heterostructure derived from bimetal (Fe/Ni)-organic framework under visible light

M Rashid, D Mowla, F Esmaeilzadeh… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
Cr (VI), as a toxic species derived from processes such as electroplating, is harmful to
humans, plants, animals, and microorganisms. Thus, it is required to remove and recycle Cr …

Photocatalytic reduction of Uranium (VI) under visible light with Sn-doped In2S3 microspheres

J Feng, Z Yang, S He, X Niu, T Zhang, A Ding, H Liang… - Chemosphere, 2018 - Elsevier
Visible light-driven conversion of soluble U (VI) to slightly soluble U (IV) has been regarded
as a efficient and environmentally friendly technology to deal with uranium containing …

Visible-light-driven 3D hierarchical Bi2S3/BiOBr hybrid structure for superior photocatalytic Cr (VI) reduction

SM El-Sheikh, AB Azzam, RA Geioushy… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The most important approach to eliminate poisonous Cr (VI) from water utilizing visible-light
photocatalytic activities is the reduction of highly toxic Cr (VI) to less harmful Cr (III). In this …

Cascade electron transfer in ternary CuO/α-Fe2O3/γ-Al2O3 nanocomposite as an effective visible photocatalyst

A Kanwal, S Sajjad, SAK Leghari, Z Yousaf - Journal of Physics and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Highly efficient ternary heterojunction of CuO/α-Fe 2 O 3/γ-Al 2 O 3 was effectively fabricated
by a facile and cost effective chemical route. The structural, chemical composition …