Global energy demand and pollution are calling for advanced materials such as visible light
semiconductor photocatalysts. In particular, cadmium sulfide (CdS) appears promising due …

In developing efficient heterogeneous photocatalysts, the design and fabrication of
hierarchical semiconductors at the micro/nanometer scales have received much attention …

Heterogeneous photocatalysis is a promising strategy for addressing the worldwide
environmental pollution and energy shortage issues. However, unlike TiO2 with good …

Small-sized ZnO rods with an average length of ca. 180 nm and a diameter of ca. 16 nm
were successfully associated to reduced graphene oxide (rGO) via a solvothermal reaction …

Photocatalysis using semiconductors has emerged as a promising wastewater treatment
process to overcome the major challenges faced by conventional technologies. The …

Photocatalysis is a promising treatment technique for the degradation of recalcitrant
pollutants in water. Nano-photocatalysts have shown enhanced performance due to larger …

It is well accepted that fast electron-hole recombination is the main drawback affecting low
performance of the ZnO photocatalyst which is active only under UV light covering less than …

In this paper, the Ag-doped zinc oxide nanorods embedded reduced graphene oxide (ZnO:
Ag/rGO) nanocomposite was synthesized for photocatalytic degradation of methyl orange …

This paper reviews recent advances in photovoltaic devices based on nanostructured
materials and film designs, focusing on cadmium telluride (CdTe), copper zinc tin sulfide …

Zinc oxide (ZnO) is one of the most widely used benchmark standard photocatalysts in the
field of environmental applications. However, the large band gap of ZnO and the massive …