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An efficient nanostructured Ag2S–ZnO for degradation of Acid Black 1 dye under day light illumination
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The Ag 2 S loaded ZnO (Ag 2 S-ZnO) was successfully synthesized by precipitation of zinc oxalate and Ag 2S and calcination of the mixed precipitate at 400°C for 12 hours as mentioned in this paper.About:
This article is published in Separation and Purification Technology.The article was published on 2012-08-21. It has received 91 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Photocatalysis & X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.read more
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Review on the criteria anticipated for the fabrication of highly efficient ZnO-based visible-light-driven photocatalysts
TL;DR: In this article, the main advancements in overcoming the barriers accompanied by pure ZnO and the criteria for fabrication of effective visible-light-responsive (ZnO-based) photocatalysts are reviewed.
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Highly efficient, solar active, and reusable photocatalyst: Zr-loaded Ag-ZnO for Reactive Red 120 dye degradation with synergistic effect and dye-sensitized mechanism.
TL;DR: This is the first report on the synthesis of Zr-codoped Ag-ZnO and its use in the degradation of RR 120 dye under natural sunlight illuminatioin and this catalyst is found to be reusable.
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An over review on recently developed techniques, mechanisms and intermediate involved in the advanced azo dye degradation for industrial applications
TL;DR: In this article, an attempt has been made to bring the relevant detailed literature available with regard to effective and efficient method and mechanism of degradation of azo-dyes in order to benefit the researchers of both from academia and industry.
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Sol–gel synthesis and photocatalytic activity of ZnO–SnO2 nanocomposites
Abdessalem Hamrouni,Abdessalem Hamrouni,Noomen Moussa,Francesco Parrino,Agatino Di Paola,Ammar Houas,Ammar Houas,Leonardo Palmisano +7 more
TL;DR: In this article, a facile sol-gel synthesis route was used to synthesize ZnO-SnO 2 nanocomposites and the photocatalytic activity of the samples was tested using the degradation of 4-nitrophenol under UV light as model reaction.
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Photocatalytic activity tuning in a novel Ag2S/CQDs/CuBi2O4 composite: Synthesis and photocatalytic mechanism
TL;DR: In this article, a dumbbell-like architecture built from nanorods was synthesized by a simple coprecipitation route, and the growth process of the dumbbelllike architecture was investigated by varying the reaction duration time.
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Light-induced amphiphilic surfaces
Rong Wang,Kazuhito Hashimoto,Akira Fujishima,Makota Chikuni,Eiichi Kojima,Atsushi Kitamura,Mitsuhide Shimohigoshi,Toshiya Watanabe +7 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the photogeneration of a highly amphiphilic (both hydrophilic and oleophilic) titanium dioxide surface was reported, and the unique character of this surface was ascribed to the microstructured composition of hydrophilicity of the phases, produced by ultraviolet irradiation.
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Stable and highly sensitive gas sensors based on semiconducting oxide nanobelts
TL;DR: In this article, a single-crystalline SnO2 nanobelts were fabricated using the integrity of a single nanobelt with a sensitivity at the level of a few ppb.
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Enhanced Nitrogen Doping in TiO2 Nanoparticles
TL;DR: In this paper, the direct amination of 6−10-nm-sized titania particles was used to synthesize catalytically active TiO2-Nx nanocrystals that absorb well into the visible region up to 600 nm.
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Graphene nanomesh by ZnO nanorod photocatalysts.
TL;DR: Local photodegradation of graphene oxide sheets at the tip of ZnO nanorods was used to achieve semiconducting graphene nanomeshes, which exhibited as a broad sheet a p-type semiconductor with an approximately 1.2 eV energy gap between the valence band and the Fermi level.
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Tuning Photoelectrochemical Performances of Ag−TiO2 Nanocomposites via Reduction/Oxidation of Ag
TL;DR: In this article, the effects of chemical states of Ag on the photoelectrochemical properties of Ag−TiO2 composites were investigated with Ag(0)− TiO2 and Ag(I)−SiO2 prepared by photoreductionthermal treatment (PRT) method.