A comparative study on recent progress in efficient ZnO based nanocomposite and heterojunction photocatalysts: A review

S Goktas, A Goktas - Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2021 - Elsevier
ZnO based binary and multiple heterojunction/nanocomposite photocatalysts get profound
attentions due to its solving the world crises of energy supply and utilizing sun power …

Metal sulfide-based Z-scheme heterojunctions in photocatalytic removal of contaminants, H2 evolution and CO2 reduction: Current status and future perspectives

F Deng, J Peng, X Li, X Luo, P Ganguly… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
Metal sulfides are promising photocatalysts in virtue of inherent photoelectric properties and
wide light absorption range. However, metal sulfides are usually subjected to …

Type-II CuFe2O4/Graphitic Carbon Nitride Heterojunctions for High-Efficiency Photocatalytic and Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Generation

A Mehtab, S Banerjee, Y Mao… - ACS applied materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Solar water splitting has emerged as an urgent imperative as hydrogen emerges as an
increasingly important form of energy storage. g-C3N4 is an ideal candidate for …

Photoelectrochemical water‐splitting using CuO‐based electrodes for hydrogen production: a review

R Siavash Moakhar… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The cost‐effective, robust, and efficient electrocatalysts for photoelectrochemical (PEC)
water‐splitting has been extensively studied over the past decade to address a solution for …

CuO and ZnO co-anchored on g-C3N4 nanosheets as an affordable double Z-scheme nanocomposite for photocatalytic decontamination of amoxicillin

M Moradi, F Hasanvandian, AA Isari, F Hayati… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, both CuO nanoparticles and ZnO nanorods were anchored on thermally-
exfoliated gC 3 N 4 nanosheets (denoted as CZ@ T-GCN) via isoelectric point-mediated …

Fabrication of 3D CuS@ ZnIn2S4 hierarchical nanocages with 2D/2D nanosheet subunits pn heterojunctions for improved photocatalytic hydrogen evolution

HT Fan, Z Wu, KC Liu, WS Liu - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022 - Elsevier
Photocatalysis based on metal sulfide semiconductor is considered as an economic, safe,
renewable, and clean technology. However, the availability of photocatalysts is limited by …

Facile ball-milling synthesis of CeO2/g-C3N4 Z-scheme heterojunction for synergistic adsorption and photodegradation of methylene blue: characteristics, kinetics …

X Wei, X Wang, Y Pu, A Liu, C Chen, W Zou… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
As a green solvent-free process, ball milling has attracted considerable attention in
fabricating nanocomposites. Herein, we synthesized novel Z-scheme heterojunction CeO …

Green synthesis of a CuO–ZnO nanocomposite for efficient photodegradation of methylene blue and reduction of 4-nitrophenol

AG Bekru, LT Tufa, OA Zelekew, M Goddati, J Lee… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
CuO–ZnO nanocomposites (NCs) were synthesized using an aqueous extract of Verbascum
sinaiticum Benth.(GH) plant. X-ray diffraction (XRD), spectroscopic, and microscopic …

Recent progress on plant extract-mediated biosynthesis of ZnO-based nanocatalysts for environmental remediation: Challenges and future outlooks

OA Zelekew, HH Haitosa, X Chen, YN Wu - Advances in Colloid and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The plant extract mediated green synthesis of nanomaterials has attracts enormous interest
due to its cost-effectiveness, greener, and environmentally friendly. It is also considered as …

The application of Zeolitic imidazolate frameworks (ZIFs) and their derivatives based materials for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution and pollutants treatment

Y Liu, H Cheng, M Cheng, Z Liu, D Huang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
To solve the problem of the global energy shortage and the widespread pollution of the
environment, semiconductor photocatalytic technology has been widely studied. Zeolitic …