Recent developments of zinc oxide based photocatalyst in water treatment technology: a review

KM Lee, CW Lai, KS Ngai, JC Juan - Water research, 2016 - Elsevier
Today, a major issue about water pollution is the residual dyes from different sources (eg,
textile industries, paper and pulp industries, dye and dye intermediates industries …

Recent and emerging trends in remediation of methylene blue dye from wastewater by using zinc oxide nanoparticles

S Modi, VK Yadav, A Gacem, IH Ali, D Dave, SH Khan… - Water, 2022 - mdpi.com
Due to the increased demand for clothes by the growing population, the dye-based sectors
have seen fast growth in the recent decade. Among all the dyes, methylene blue dye is the …

Comparative photocatalytic activity of sol–gel derived rare earth metal (La, Nd, Sm and Dy)-doped ZnO photocatalysts for degradation of dyes

U Alam, A Khan, D Ali, D Bahnemann, M Muneer - RSC advances, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Rare earth metal doping into semiconductor oxides is considered to be an effective
approach to enhance photocatalytic activity due to its ability to retard the electron–hole pair …

Silver doped ZnO nanoparticles synthesized for photocatalysis application

SS Wagh, CV Jagtap, VS Kadam… - ES Energy & …, 2022 - espublisher.com
ZnO is considered as to be effective photocatalyst compared to other semiconducting metal
oxide. Here ZnO is synthesized using various proportions (0-5% wt.%) of Ag using refluxed …

Greener synthesis and medical applications of metal oxide nanoparticles

S Marouzi, Z Sabouri, M Darroudi - Ceramics International, 2021 - Elsevier
Over the past decade, the subject of “greener chemistry" and chemical processes has been
emphasized. The “greener chemistry” improves environmental efficiency in reducing the …

Comparative studies on synthesis, characterization and photocatalytic activity of Ag doped ZnO nanoparticles

SS Wagh, VS Kadam, CV Jagtap, DB Salunkhe… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
In this work, silver (Ag) doped zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles were synthesized using zinc
chloride, zinc nitrate, and zinc acetate precursors with (0 to 10) wt% Ag doping by a simple …

Highly efficient Y and V co-doped ZnO photocatalyst with enhanced dye sensitized visible light photocatalytic activity

U Alam, A Khan, W Raza, A Khan, D Bahnemann… - Catalysis Today, 2017 - Elsevier
A series of Y and V co-doped ZnO (YVZ) nanoparticles have been synthesized by surfactant
assisted sol gel method with an aim to enhance the photocatalytic activity under visible light …

Zn0. 9Ce0. 05M0. 05O (M= Er, Y, V) nanocrystals: structural and energy bandgap engineering of ZnO for enhancing photocatalytic and antibacterial activity

T Munawar, S Yasmeen, F Mukhtar, MS Nadeem… - Ceramics …, 2020 - Elsevier
Novel photocatalytic and antibacterial material Zn 0.9 Ce 0.05 M 0.05 O (M= Er, Y, V)
nanocrystals were synthesized via a facile co-precipitation technique and characterized by …

A comparative study on the photo-removal of a few selected priority organic pollutants in aqueous suspension using vanadium-doped-ZnO/MWCNT

M Danish, Z Rasool, H Iqbal, R Fatima, S Kumar… - Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Highly efficient vanadium doped ZnO nano-rods supported with MWCNTs (V@
ZnO/MWCNT) have been fabricated using a convenient sol–gel impregnation method …

Green-based synthesis of mixed-phase silver nanoparticles as an effective photocatalyst and investigation of their antibacterial properties

NK Nasab, Z Sabouri, S Ghazal, M Darroudi - Journal of Molecular …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Ag/Ag 2 O nanoparticles (Ag/Ag 2 O-NPs) have attracted the attention of many due
to exhibiting excellent photocatalytic activity within the UV region. In this work, Ag/Ag 2 O …