Recent advances in carbonaceous sustainable nanomaterials for wastewater treatments

A Raza, S Altaf, S Ali, M Ikram, G Li - Sustainable Materials and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The challengeable situation prevailing throughout the world is still a question mark
regarding safe drinking and cleaning for water, and therefore to be resolved on priority basis …

[HTML][HTML] Photocatalytic foams for water treatment: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Z Warren, TT Guaraldo, AS Martins, J Wenk… - Journal of Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Photocatalysis has proven to be highly effective for the removal of recalcitrant organic
micropollutants at the lab scale. However, drawbacks such as the need for downstream …

[HTML][HTML] Highly efficient ZnO photocatalytic foam reactors for micropollutant degradation

TT Guaraldo, R Vakili, J Wenk, D Mattia - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
The efficient removal of organic micropollutants, pharmaceuticals, pesticides, drugs, and
others, remains an unsolved challenge in water treatment. Although photocatalysis has …

ZnO nanoparticles modified by carbon quantum dots for the photocatalytic removal of synthetic pigment pollutants

JJ Xu, YN Lu, FF Tao, PF Liang, PA Zhang - ACS omega, 2023 - ACS Publications
Synthetic pigment pollutants caused by the rapid development of the modern food industry
have become a serious threat to people's health and quality of life. Environmentally friendly …

Oxygen vacancies enriched BiOBr with boosted photocatalytic behaviors

Z Cai, J Zhong, J Li, H Jin - Inorganic Chemistry Communications, 2021 - Elsevier
In this demonstration, conductive carbon (CC)/BiOBr composite photocatalysts were
prepared by a one-pot solvothermal approach. The CC/BiOBr composites were studied by …

Bandgap engineering in a staggered-type oxide perovskite heterojunction for efficient visible light-driven photocatalytic dye degradation

S Purohit, KL Yadav, S Satapathi - Langmuir, 2021 - ACS Publications
Oxide perovskite materials with ABO3 structure have been widely employed for
photocatalytic applications. However, owing to the disadvantageous electron–hole …

Rich oxygen vacancies facilitated photocatalytic performance of BiOBr induced by carbon black

B Wang, Z Cai, J Zhong, J Li - Solid State Sciences, 2022 - Elsevier
Oxygen vacancies (OVs) perform a crucial role in influencing the separation of photoinduced
carriers, expanding light response range. In this study, BiOBr photocatalysts with rich OVs …

Graphene and carbon dots for photoanodes with enhanced performance

MM Messina, SD Barrionuevo, ME Coustet… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The way graphene (GDs) and carbon dots (CDs) are synthesized and combined with TiO2
determine their photoelectrochemical efficiency upon UV and visible LED lights. GDs and …

Polymer solution-assisted assembly of hierarchically nanostructured ZnO onto 2D neat graphene sheets with excellent photocatalytic performance

D Hu, C Song, X Jin, Q Huang - Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2020 - Elsevier
Neat graphene (NG) is rarely selected as a support to improve the photocatalytic
performance of metal oxides. Herein, an in-situ assembly of hierarchical ZnO nanoflowers …

Copper oxide decorated zinc oxide nanostructures for the production of a non-enzymatic glucose sensor

CE Cheng, S Tangsuwanjinda, HM Cheng, PH Lee - Coatings, 2021 - mdpi.com
The glucose concentration in human blood can have a worrisome impact on human health,
so the distribution of blood glucose contaminants in the human body is an important …