Nano–Ag: Environmental applications and perspectives

F Mo, Q Zhou, Y He - Science of The Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) are promising bactericidal agents and plasmonic NPs for
environmental applications, owing to their various favorable properties. For example, AgNPs …

Photocatalytic oxidation of tetracycline, reduction of hexavalent chromium and hydrogen evolution by Cu2O/g-C3N4 S-scheme photocatalyst: Performance and …

B Dai, Y Li, J Xu, C Sun, S Li, W Zhao - Applied Surface Science, 2022 - Elsevier
An efficient Step-scheme heterojunction of Cu 2 O/gC 3 N 4 catalyst was synthesized and
used in the degradation of pollutants and energy generation. Among the as-synthesized …

Cu2O nanoparticles anchored on 3D bifunctional CNTs/copper foam cathode for electrocatalytic degradation of sulfamethoxazole over a broad pH range

S Mao, X Sun, H Qi, Z Sun - Science of The Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
In this paper, nanoscale Cu 2 O particles was successfully anchored at defect sites of carbon
nanotubes (CNTs), which doped on three-dimensional copper foam (CF) electrode (Cu 2 …

A novel heterojunction ZnO/CuO piezoelectric catalysts: fabrication, optical properties and piezoelectric catalytic activity for efficient degradation of methylene blue

S Wang, S Tang, H Yang, F Wang, C Yu, H Gao… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract The heterojunction ZnO/CuO piezoelectric catalysts with different Zn/Cu molar ratios
were synthesized by one-step polyacrylamide gel method. Various characterization …

Magnetic chitosan microspheres: An efficient and recyclable adsorbent for the removal of iodide from simulated nuclear wastewater

X Li, D Zeng, Z He, P Ke, Y Tian, G Wang - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2022 - Elsevier
The efficient and recyclable magnetic chitosan microspheres (MCMs) were successfully
synthesized to remove iodide from nuclear wastewater and characterized through XRD …

Synthesis of bulk foam-like palygorskite based adsorbent for efficient and convenient recyclable removal of radioactive iodine and iodide

X Ping, Z Wang, F Wang, X Yang, G Yu, J Zhang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
Radioactive iodine is the inevitable product of nuclear fission, and the types and valence
states of iodine are relatively rich and easy to convert to each other. Therefore, the synthesis …

Cu-Zn bimetal ZIFs derived nanowhisker zero-valent copper decorated ZnO nanocomposites induced oxygen activation for high-efficiency iodide elimination

J Chen, A Gu, ED Miensah, Y Liu, P Wang… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Studies on the elimination of iodide anions (I−) by Cu-based adsorbents have been
conducted for decades, however its unsatisfactory adsorption performance and its non …

Impact of (nano ZnO/multi-wall CNTs) prepared by arc discharge method on the removal efficiency of stable iodine 127I and radioactive iodine 131I from water

AM El-Khatib, II Bondouk, KM Omar, A Hamdy… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Radioactive iodine isotopes especially 131I are used for diagnosis and treatment of different
types of cancer diseases. Due to the leak of radioactive iodine into the patient's urine in turn …

Cu/Al2O3 aerogels for high-efficiency and rapid iodide elimination from water

X Zhou, P Mao, H Jin, W Huang, A Gu, K Chen… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
Cu-based functional materials are excellent candidates for the elimination of iodine anions.
However, the low utilization rate of Cu and its unsatisfactory adsorption performance limit its …

Tunable Cu (0)/Cu (I) hybrids derived from Cu-MOF for enhanced removal of iodide anions

LW Zhou, KW Chen, XJ Dai, ML He, P Wang… - Separation and …, 2025 - Elsevier
To efficiently utilize the adsorption function of Cu 2 O-based materials for I−, a novel
nanocomposite adsorbent of Cu/Cu 2 O derived from Cu-MOF was proposed in this paper …