Recent progress of metal sulfide photocatalysts for solar energy conversion

Q Zhu, Q Xu, M Du, X Zeng, G Zhong, B Qiu… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Artificial photosynthetic solar‐to‐chemical cycles enable an entire environment to operate in
a more complex, yet effective, way to perform natural photosynthesis. However, such …

Nanomaterials: A review of synthesis methods, properties, recent progress, and challenges

N Baig, I Kammakakam, W Falath - Materials advances, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Nanomaterials have emerged as an amazing class of materials that consists of a broad
spectrum of examples with at least one dimension in the range of 1 to 100 nm. Exceptionally …

Recent advances of photocatalytic application in water treatment: A review

G Ren, H Han, Y Wang, S Liu, J Zhao, X Meng, Z Li - Nanomaterials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Photocatalysis holds great promise as an efficient and sustainable oxidation technology for
application in wastewater treatment. Rapid progress developing novel materials has …

Preparation of photocatalysts decorated by carbon quantum dots (CQDs) and their applications: A review

F Zhao, X Li, M Zuo, Y Liang, P Qin, H Wang… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Carbon quantum dots (CQDs), as a non-toxic and safe green material, exhibit good electron
transport ability and up-conversion photoluminescence, which can be used to hinder the …

Carbon dots based photoinduced reactions: Advances and perspective

Y Yu, Q Zeng, S Tao, C Xia, C Liu, P Liu… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Seeking clean energy as an alternative to traditional fossil fuels is the inevitable choice to
realize the sustainable development of the society. Photocatalytic technique is considered a …

Novel hierarchical carbon quantum dots-decorated BiOCl nanosheet/carbonized eggshell membrane composites for improved removal of organic contaminants from …

Q Zhou, W Huang, C Xu, X Liu, K Yang, D Li… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
A series of carbon quantum dots (CQDs)-decorated BiOCl/carbonized eggshell membrane
(CEM) composites were synthesized with CEMs as bio-templates. The obtained composites …

Recent advances in wastewater treatment using semiconductor photocatalysts

J Hong, KH Cho, V Presser, X Su - Current Opinion in Green and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Semiconductor materials demonstrate promising potential for wastewater treatment due to
their photocatalytic properties, which can be controlled through the design of the bandgap …

Carbon-based nanomaterials for remediation of organic and inorganic pollutants from wastewater. A review

N Madima, SB Mishra, I Inamuddin… - Environmental Chemistry …, 2020 - Springer
The deterioration of water quality by pollutants is a major health issue. Actual remediation
methods are limited, and, as a consequence, there is a need for new remediation …

Oxalate enhanced synergistic removal of chromium (VI) and arsenic (III) over ZnFe2O4/g-C3N4: Z-scheme charge transfer pathway and photo-Fenton like reaction

D Lei, J Xue, X Peng, S Li, Q Bi, C Tang… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this work, direct Z-Scheme photocatalyst (ZnFe 2 O 4/gC 3 N 4) was employed to purify Cr
(VI) and As (III) in wastewater. Results showed that Cr (VI) and As (III) was completely …

Carbon dots for photocatalytic degradation of aqueous pollutants: recent advancements

K Akbar, E Moretti, A Vomiero - Advanced Optical Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The immense progress of humanity on the technological, domestic, and industrial fronts
comes at the cost of polluting the planet. Aquatic pollution is particularly dangerous since all …