Zinc oxide based photocatalytic degradation of persistent pesticides: A comprehensive review

SH Khan, B Pathak - Environmental nanotechnology, monitoring & …, 2020 - Elsevier
Pesticides are the most hazardous among the various organic pollutants and possess a
great human and environmental threat. The pesticide is considered among the top deadly …

Current insights into the microbial degradation of nicosulfuron: Strains, metabolic pathways, and molecular mechanisms

J Zhong, S Wu, WJ Chen, Y Huang, Q Lei, S Mishra… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Nicosulfuron is among the sulfonylurea herbicides that are widely used to control annual
and perennial grass weeds in cornfields. However, nicosulfuron residues in the environment …

Effect of inorganic ions, photosensitisers and scavengers on the photocatalytic degradation of nicosulfuron

AM Dugandžić, AV Tomašević, MM Radišić… - … of Photochemistry and …, 2017 - Elsevier
In the present study, the photocatalytic degradation of nicosulfuron, using TiO 2 as a catalyst
under UV light (315–400 nm), was studied. The optimization of the nicosulfuron …

Photocatalytic degradation of diazinon with illuminated ZnO–TiO2 composite

A Jonidi-Jafari, M Shirzad-Siboni, JK Yang… - Journal of the Taiwan …, 2015 - Elsevier
ZnO–TiO 2 composite was used as a photocatalyst for the degradation of diazinon. Effects of
various parameters such as composite dosage, pH, initial diazinon concentration, dissolved …

Study of photocatalytic degradation efficiency of rGO/ZnO nano-photocatalyst and their performance analysis using scanning Kelvin probe

N Singhal, S Selvaraj, Y Sivalingam… - Journal of Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this work, an efficient reduced graphene-oxide/zinc-oxide (rGO/ZnO) nano-photocatalyst
was synthesized via an eco-friendly hydrothermal method to degrade organic dye under …

The photocatalytic removal of diazinon from aqueous solutions using tungsten oxide doped zinc oxide nanoparticles immobilized on glass substrate

A Maleki, F Moradi, B Shahmoradi, R Rezaee… - Journal of Molecular …, 2020 - Elsevier
Diazinon is an important organophosphorus pesticide with extensive use, which is
considered to be a major health hazard for humans due to its adverse effects on …

[HTML][HTML] Fabrication of Schiff base coordinated ZnS nanoparticles for enhanced photocatalytic degradation of chlorpyrifos pesticide and detection of heavy metal ions

D Ayodhya, G Veerabhadram - Journal of Materiomics, 2019 - Elsevier
We report the simple synthesis of zinc sulfide nanoparticles (ZnS NPs) by a co-precipitation
method using Schiff base,(2-[(4-methoxy-phenylimino)-methyl]-4-nitrophenol) as a capping …

CdS/TiO2 heterojunction in glass matrix: synthesis, characterization, and application as an improved photocatalyst

SY Janbandhu, A Joshi, SR Munishwar… - Applied Surface …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this paper, sodium borosilicate glass SiO 2-B 2 O 3-Na 2 O-ZnO with 2 wt% CdS and 1
wt% TiO 2 were prepared by the melt quench technique. For the growth of QDs, single-step …

Single platinum atoms anchored on holy carbon nitride for efficient photodegradation of sulfonylurea herbicide

X Liu, S Wang, W Yu, J Zhang, S Fang, J Zhang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
The photocatalytic performances of graphitic carbon nitride (GCN) are dramatically limited
by rapid charge carriers' combination and the low utilization of photo-excited electrons and …

Nd,N,S-TiO2 Decorated on Reduced Graphene Oxide for a Visible Light Active Photocatalyst for Dye Degradation: Comparison to Its MWCNT/Nd,N,S-TiO2 Analogue

G Mamba, MA Mamo, XY Mbianda… - Industrial & Engineering …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Neodymium, nitrogen, and sulfur tridoped titania (Nd, N, S-TiO2) was decorated on reduced
graphene oxide (rGO) and multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) via a simple sol–gel …