Recent progress on visible-light-driven metal and non-metal doped ZnO nanostructures for photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants

FM Sanakousar, CC Vidyasagar… - Materials science in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Organic pollutants are chemical compounds that are resistant to degradation in the
environment and that treatment methods may not be able to completely remove. Both …

Applications of phytogenic ZnO nanoparticles: A review on recent advancements

AR Prasad, L Williams, J Garvasis… - Journal of Molecular …, 2021 - Elsevier
Nanoparticles (NPs) have been integrated into health, food, feed, space, chemical, and
cosmetics industries which call for a green and benign approach to their synthesis. Green …

Metal organic framework (MOF) porous octahedral nanocrystals of Cu-BTC: Synthesis, properties and enhanced adsorption properties

R Kaur, A Kaur, A Umar, WA Anderson… - Materials Research …, 2019 - Elsevier
Herein, we report the synthesis, characterization and enhanced adsorption studies of porous
octahedral shaped Cu-BTC (copper benzene-1, 3, 5-tricarboxylate) metal organic …

New frontiers in the biosynthesis of metal oxide nanoparticles and their environmental applications: an overview

SH Gebre, MG Sendeku - SN Applied Sciences, 2019 - Springer
Nanotechnology has become a promising and emerging field of research in creating and
modifying nanomaterials for different applications. Nanoparticles are considered to be the …

Bio-inspired green synthesis of zinc oxide nanoparticles using Abelmoschus esculentus mucilage and selective degradation of cationic dye pollutants

AR Prasad, J Garvasis, SK Oruvil, A Joseph - Journal of Physics and …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this study, biogenic zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) were fabricated via a green
synthetic strategy using Abelmoschus esculentus (okra) mucilage. The NPs were …

Characterization and photocatalytic activity of ZnO nanoflowers synthesized using Bridelia retusa leaf extract

R Vinayagam, S Pai, T Varadavenkatesan… - Applied …, 2021 - Springer
In the current work, the leaf extract of Bridelia retusa was used for the first time to synthesize
zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnONPs). A zinc nanoparticle-specific 364-nm peak was …

Synthesis of CoCu-LDH nanosheets derived from zeolitic imidazole framework-67 (ZIF-67) as an efficient adsorbent for azo dye from waste water

S Saghir, E Fu, Z Xiao - Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 2020 - Elsevier
With industrialization, wastewater treatment technologies have drawn huge attention and
among different approaches the adsorption process is very attractive because of its simple …

Rapid photodegradation of toxic organic compounds and photo inhibition of bacteria in the presence of novel hydrothermally synthesized Ag/Mn–ZnO nanomaterial

S Dilawar, K Albalawi, AU Khan, K Tahir… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Purified water is the most concerning issue these days, and utmost conventional practices
are allied with various downsides. Therefore, an ecologically benign and easily amicable …

Efficient photocatalytic degradation of Acid Red 57 using synthesized ZnO nanowires

HA Kiwaan, TM Atwee, EA Azab… - Journal of the Chinese …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Zinc oxide photocatalyst was synthesized through a low‐temperature co‐precipitation
process using zinc sulfate as precursor for the degradation of Acid Red 57 (AR57) under UV …

Enhancement of the photocatalytic activity of ZnO nanoparticles by silver doping for the degradation of AY99 contaminants

AA El-Bindary, SM El-Marsafy, AA El-Maddah - Journal of Molecular …, 2019 - Elsevier
Photocatalytic activity of commercial zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO) has been investigated
and its photocatalytic efficiency improved by loading silver (Ag/ZnO) using UV light. Ag …