Recent advances in structural modifications of photo-catalysts for organic pollutants degradation–a comprehensive review

K Bisaria, S Sinha, R Singh, HMN Iqbal - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Over the last few years, industrial and anthropogenic activities have increased the presence
of organic pollutants such as dyes, herbicides, pesticides, analgesics, and antibiotics in the …

Insights into the TiO2-Based Photocatalytic Systems and Their Mechanisms

M Sakar, R Mithun Prakash, TO Do - Catalysts, 2019 - mdpi.com
Photocatalysis is a multifunctional phenomenon that can be employed for energy
applications such as H2 production, CO2 reduction into fuels, and environmental …

Strategies for enhancing the photocatalytic activity of semiconductors

N Sun, X Si, L He, J Zhang, Y Sun - International Journal of Hydrogen …, 2024 - Elsevier
Semiconductor photocatalysis, as a safe and environmentally friendly technology, has
drawn a lot of attention due to its potential to address issues with energy and the …

Sono-coprecipitation synthesis of ZnO/CuO nanophotocatalyst for removal of parathion from wastewater

M Aghaei, S Sajjadi, AH Keihan - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2020 - Springer
Semiconductor photocatalysis is an effective method used to degrade organophosphorus
compounds. Here, the potential of a commonly mixed oxide semiconductor, ZnO/CuO, has …

Surfactant-assisted hydrothermally synthesized novel TiO2/SnS@Pd nano-composite: structural, morphological and photocatalytic activity

A Mittal, S Sharma, T Kumar, NS Chauhan… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - Springer
To meet the increasing demand of energy and to conquer the waste water problems,
fabrication of visibly active semiconductor materials is demand of the present world. In this …

Preparation of transparent nanostructured N-doped TiO2 thin films by combination of sonochemical and CVD methods with visible light photocatalytic activity

H Rasoulnezhad, G Hosseinzadeh… - Journal of Advanced …, 2018 - Springer
Pollution of water resources with pesticide compounds has raised serious environmental
problems, and for photocatalytic degradation of these pollutants, thin film photocatalysts are …

Integrating Ni, Pt, and Pd on Biphasic Cu-Doped Bi2O3 for Physicochemical Characteristics and Superior Light Driven Elimination of Pollutants

A Sharma, A Mittal, S Sharma, M Tahir… - Catalysis Surveys from …, 2024 - Springer
Fabrication of composite photocatalysts that provide an easy charge transfer mechanism to
enhance the photocatalytic activity is a promising approach for the removal of organic …

Enzyme-free carbon dots@ MgO nanocomposite as an efficient sensor for on-site detection and degradation of paraoxon toxins

B Liu, M Cai, X Feng, S Lu, S Lin, F Tian - Carbon, 2023 - Elsevier
Serial nanocomposites consisting of blue fluorescent carbon dots (B-CDs) and MgO
nanoparticles were facilely prepared. Then on-site detection and degradation of ethyl …

Bifunctional purposes of composite TiO2/CuO/carbon dots (CDs): faster photodegradation pesticide wastewater and high performance electromagnetic wave absorber

AN Fahri, S Ilyas, MA Anugrah, H Heryanto, M Azlan… - Materialia, 2022 - Elsevier
The multifunction material for EMI absorber and photocatalytic of composite TiO
2/CuO/Carbon Dots (CDs) by S-scheme has been successfully fabricated composite by the …

Combined effect involving semiconductors and plasmonic nanoparticles in photocatalytic degradation of pesticides

R de Oliveira, W da Silva Martini… - … , Monitoring & Management, 2022 - Elsevier
With the growing urbanization and industrialization around the world, mainly after the
second half of the twentieth century, the continuous introduction of the most varied synthetic …