Thin film photocatalysis for environmental remediation: A status review

RS Pedanekar, SK Shaikh, KY Rajpure - Current Applied Physics, 2020 - Elsevier
This review accounts, various metal oxide and metal sulfide thin films available for
photodegradation of several organic compounds. Due to difficulties in recycling and to avoid …

Synthesis and characterization of nanoporous ZnO and Pt/ZnO thin films for dye degradation and water splitting applications

M Zayed, AM Ahmed, M Shaban - international journal of hydrogen energy, 2019 - Elsevier
In this paper, nanoporous ZnO and Pt/ZnO films were synthesized by a combination of
simple spray pyrolysis and DC sputtering techniques at different flow rates and deposition …

Highly photocatalytic activity of pH-controlled ZnO nanoflakes

TT Dao, TLN Vo, AT Duong, DT Tran, DL Nguyen… - Optical Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
ZnO nanoflakes were successfully synthesized by the sol-gel method at a precursor solution
pH of 13. The structure, morphology, and photocatalytic activity of the synthesized ZnO …

Radio frequency magnetron sputtered CdO thin films for optoelectronic applications

P Sakthivel, R Murugan, S Asaithambi… - Journal of Physics and …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this study, CdO thin films were deposited on glass substrates by using radio frequency
magnetron sputtering with different deposition times. The effects of the deposition time on …

Successful growth of Zinc Nitride thin films by vacuum tube furnace using nitrogen as source gas

HT Ali, J Jacob, H Zaman, K Mahmood, M Yusuf… - Ceramics …, 2021 - Elsevier
We have successfully grown Zn 3 N 2 thin films using a simple and cost effective approach.
Growth was achieved in a vacuum tube furnace by evaporating Zinc powder at 850 OC and …

IoT-Based Spin-Coater for Thin Films Fabrication

MRH Mahadi, MM Zaman, MF Hossain… - … on Power, Electrical …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper outlines the development of a low-cost Internet of Things (IoT)-based spin-coater
for thin film deposition. Compared to existing commercial microcontroller-based spin …

Effect of pre-annealing on thermal and optical properties of ZnO and Al–ZnO thin films

P Saravanan, A Gnanavelbabu… - International Journal of …, 2018 - World Scientific
Zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles were synthesized by a simple solution route method using
zinc acetate as the precursor and ethanol as the solvent. At a temperature of 60∘ C, a clear …

Effects of silver doping on the optical and photocatalytic properties of Zinc oxide thin mills

P Gawanas - 2020 - repository.unam.edu.na
To study the optical and photocatalytic properties of zinc oxide (ZnO or zincite), thin films
doped with metallic silver-nanoparticles (Ag-NPs), with various amounts of Ag (20 mol%≤ …