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 advances in constructing heterojunctions of binary semiconductor photocatalysts for visible light responsive CO2 reduction to energy efficient fuels: A review

A Alhebshi, E Sharaf Aldeen, RS Mim… - … Journal of Energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Photocatalysis of carbon dioxide by the assistance of solar energy has been one of the most
promising approaches to reduce CO2 to renewable fuel. Several methods are pertained to …

Phytogenic fabrication of ZnO and gold decorated ZnO nanoparticles for photocatalytic degradation of Rhodamine B

M Ahmad, W Rehman, MM Khan, MT Qureshi… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Pure Zinc Oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles (NPs) and gold (Au) decorated (Au-ZnO)
hetero-nanostructures were synthesized using green-synthesis method employing pecan …

Photocatalytic degradation of malachite green dye using chitosan supported ZnO and Ce–ZnO nano-flowers under visible light

AM Saad, MR Abukhadra, SAK Ahmed… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Two types of chitosan-based composites (chitosan/ZnO and chitosan/Ce–ZnO composites)
were synthesized under microwave irradiation and characterized as advanced catalysts of …

Photocatalytic dye degradation and antimicrobial activities of Pure and Ag-doped ZnO using Cannabis sativa leaf extract

A Chauhan, R Verma, S Kumari, A Sharma… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
A facile green route has been employed for the synthesis of ZnO and Ag-doped ZnO using
Cannabis sativa as a reducing and stabilizing agent. The as-synthesized nanoparticles were …

An efficient hydrogen gas sensor based on hierarchical Ag/ZnO hollow microstructures

S Agarwal, S Kumar, H Agrawal, MG Moinuddin… - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2021 - Elsevier
The design of hierarchical zinc oxide (ZnO) microstructures modified with silver (Ag)
nanoparticles have emerged as an effective approach for improving the hydrogen gas …

Fabrication, characterization and high photocatalytic activity of Ag–ZnO heterojunctions under UV-visible light

X Zhu, J Wang, D Yang, J Liu, L He, M Tang, W Feng… - RSC …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Pure ZnO and Ag–ZnO nanocomposites were fabricated via a sol–gel route, and the
obtained photocatalysts were characterized by XRD, SEM, TEM, BET, XPS, PL and DRS …

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 …

Synergistic S-Scheme mechanism insights of g-C3N4 and rGO combined ZnO-Ag heterostructure nanocomposite for efficient photocatalytic and anticancer activities

N Elavarasan, S Vignesh, M Srinivasan… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The gC 3 N 4/rGO/ZnO-Ag (GCRZA) composite photocatalyst (PC) prepared by the
facile hydrothermal method was effectively studied. The structural, morphological and …

Photocatalytic dye degradation and photoexcited anti-microbial activities of green zinc oxide nanoparticles synthesized via Sargassum muticum extracts

H Subramanian, M Krishnan, A Mahalingam - RSC advances, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Drug-resistant superbugs (DRS) were isolated from hospital sewage waste and confirmed
by a 16S rDNA molecular technique as B. filamentosus, B. flexus, P. stutzeri, and A …