Dye-contaminated water is a global problem due to its negative impact on human health and
the aquatic environment. Photocatalysis is the most promising technique for dye pollution …

Semiconductor-mediated photocatalysis plays a pivotal role in the elimination of organic
pollutants from water systems. Titanium dioxide (TiO 2) and zinc sulphide (ZnS) …

Converting solar light into chemical energy is currently a hot topic for addressing the
worldwide energy and environmental crises. However, the utilization of solar energy greatly …

Metal oxide semiconductors (TiO 2, WO 3 and ZnO) finds unparalleled opportunity in
wastewater purification under UV/visible light, largely encouraged by their divergent …

A photocatalyst of layered structural BiOBr doped with sulfur (S-BiOBr) was synthesized
using a facile hydrothermal method. X-ray powder diffraction, Fourier transform infrared …

The conversion, storage, and utilization of renewable energy have all become more
important than ever before as a response to ever‐growing energy and environment …

Advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) introduce a hopeful technology for the removal of
water polluted with hard degradable organic compounds. Today, one of the main effective …

Defects are critically important for metal oxides in chemical and physical applications.
Compared with the often studied oxygen vacancies, engineering metal vacancies in n-type …

In this paper, we report the photocatalytic and antibacterial activities of nanosized Ti 1-x Ag x
O 2 (0.00< x< 0.08) photocatalyst synthesized by sol-gel method. The X-ray diffraction (XRD) …

Crystal facet engineering of semiconductors is of growing interest and an important strategy
for fine-tuning solar-driven photocatalytic activity. However, the primary factor in the exposed …