Recent advances in photocatalytic nanomaterials for environmental remediation: strategies, mechanisms, and future directions

X Zhang, S **ong, A Sathiyaseelan, L Zhang, Y Lu… - Chemosphere, 2024 - Elsevier
Innovative and efficient strategies are urgently needed for wastewater treatment and
environmental remediation. The photocatalytic degradation properties of photo-responsive …

How can heteroatoms boost the performance of photoactive nanomaterials for wastewater purification?

MF Majnis, MAM Adnan, SP Yeap… - Journal of Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Photocatalysis, as an alternative for treating persistent water pollutants, holds immense
promise. However, limitations hinder sustained treatment and recycling under varying light …

Fabrication of g-C3N4@ N-doped Bi2MoO6 heterostructure for enhanced visible-light-driven photocatalytic degradation of tetracycline pollutant

RK Dharman, TH Oh - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
An effective catalyst for the removal of antibiotic pollutants which severely impact water
bodies and the environment is most favorable. In this study, gC 3 N 4 (gCN) and nitrogen …

Interfacial oxygen vacancy modulated ZIF-8-derived ZnO/CuS for the photocatalytic degradation of antibiotic and organic pollutants: DFT calculation and degradation …

A Mariappan, P Mannu, T Thiruppathiraja… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Fabricating oxygen vacancies (Vo) is an effective approach to enhance photocatalytic
performance, but its effect on the interfacial charge transfer pathway remains unelucidated to …

Sulfur vacancies promoted highly efficient visible light photocatalytic degradation of antibiotic and phenolic pollutants over WS2/rGO heterostructure

DR Kumar, KS Ranjith, M Manoharan… - Separation and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Antibiotic and phenolic contaminations are severe and have become a significant source of
worry in recent years. A multifunctional sulfur vacancy-induced WS 2/rGO heterostructure …

Accelerated photocatalytic degradation of sulfonamide antibiotic pollutant using oxygen vacancy in metal-organic framework ZIF-8/Ag3PO4 heterostructure

RK Dharman, A Mariappan, TH Oh - Surfaces and Interfaces, 2023 - Elsevier
Emerging a highly efficient eco-friendly photocatalyst to degrade harmful antibiotic pollutants
is most favorable. In this work, we constructed an oxygen defect-rich ZIF-8 derived carbon …

2D layers of interconnected reduced graphene oxide with vanadium disulfide photocatalysts for Rhodamine B degradation

M Bhosale, G Palanisamy, K Selvakumar… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Significant concern has been raised on water remediation processes because of the Fourth
Industrial Revolution. Toxic organic chemical compounds generated as industrial waste …

Engineering bandgap energy of MoO3 nanorod heterostructure using AgVO3 for efficient photocatalytic degradation of antibiotic pollutant

RK Dharman, A Mariappan, TH Oh - Environmental Research, 2025 - Elsevier
The increasing contamination of water bodies with pharmaceutical pollutants, particularly
acetaminophen, necessitates innovative and efficient remediation strategies. This study …

Ternary composite WS2/GO/Au synthesized from laser ablation and hydrothermal method for photo-and electro-chemical degradation of methylene blue dye

V Shinde, P Tanwade, T Katayama, A Furube… - Surfaces and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Photocatalysts based on two-dimensional (2D) material with full optical absorption in the
visible region have gained a lot of interest as a potential method for the degradation of …

Novel ternary g-C3N4/Zn2SnO4/MoS2 nanocomposites for improved visible light photodegradation of tetracycline

K Perumal, V Gokila, S Meiyazhagan, RK Dharman… - Optical Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
The development of highly effective photocatalysts with a visible light response is a primary
goal in the photocatalysis field. In this work, a novel ternary gC 3 N 4/Zn 2 SnO 4/MoS 2 …