Photocatalytic activity of CuO nanoparticles for organic and inorganic pollutants removal in wastewater remediation

AK Sibhatu, GK Weldegebrieal, S Sagadevan, NN Tran… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Heterogeneous photocatalysis is a promising technology for eradicating organic, inorganic,
and microbial pollutants in water and wastewater remediation. It is a more preferable …

Detoxification of water and wastewater by advanced oxidation processes

DS Babu, V Srivastava, PV Nidheesh… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Nowadays there is a continuously increasing attention for the treatment of recalcitrant
compounds present in water and wastewater due to their toxicity on both human health and …

Photocatalytic reduction and removal of mercury ions over mesoporous CuO/ZnO S-scheme heterojunction photocatalyst

RM Mohamed, AA Ismail - Ceramics International, 2021 - Elsevier
In this contribution, a novel mesoporous CuO/ZnO heterojunctions were fabricated and
designed through a wet chemical process in the presence of F127 surfactant. TEM image of …

Cu-doped ZnO as efficient photocatalyst for the oxidation of arsenite to arsenate under visible light

V Vaiano, G Iervolino, L Rizzo - Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2018 - Elsevier
In this work, photocatalytic oxidation of As (III) to As (V) by ZnO photocatalyts doped with Cu
was investigated under visible light. Photocatalysts were successfully prepared by …

Recent progress on fabrication and application of electrospun nanofibrous photocatalytic membranes for wastewater treatment: A review

AM Nasir, N Awang, J Jaafar, AF Ismail… - Journal of Water …, 2021 - Elsevier
Presently, photocatalytic degradation has emerged as an attractive and efficient technology
for water and wastewater treatment. Many photocatalysts have been introduced and applied …

[HTML][HTML] Synthesis of pn NiO-ZnO heterojunction for photodegradation of crystal violet dye

M Saeed, K Albalawi, I Khan, N Akram… - Alexandria Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Photocatalytic treatment of wastewater utilizing oxides of metals as photocatalysts has
merged a subject of major concern. The photocatalytic efficiency can be increased by the …

[HTML][HTML] A green synthesis approach of pn CuO/ZnO junctions for multifunctional photocatalysis towards the degradation of contaminants

NTT Vo, SJ You, MT Pham, V Van Pham - Environmental Technology & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Establishing a heterojunction of p-type CuO semiconductor and n-type ZnO semiconductor
is an attractive approach to fabricating a robust photocatalyst for completely removing …

A review on floating nanocomposite photocatalyst: fabrication and applications for wastewater treatment

AM Nasir, J Jaafar, F Aziz, N Yusof, WNW Salleh… - Journal of Water …, 2020 - Elsevier
The illumination of source light and oxygenation are two fundamental factors for superior
photocatalytic performance in waste water treatment. Powder form of existing photocatalyst …

Simultaneous oxidation and removal of arsenite by Fe (III)/CaO2 Fenton-like technology

M Chen, Z Chen, P Wu, JP Chen - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Arsenite contaminated water is one of severe global environmental problems. It is
challenging to treat As (III) pollution by a one-step technology. In this study, we developed a …

CuO/ZnO nanorods: An affordable efficient pn heterojunction and morphology dependent photocatalytic activity against organic contaminants

PS Kumar, M Selvakumar, SG Babu, S Induja… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2017 - Elsevier
In the present study, we report morphology dependent photocatalytic activity of CuO/ZnO
nanorods by simple chemical synthesis for the first time. The nanorod morphology was …