scispace - formally typeset
Open AccessJournal ArticleDOI

Comparison of photocatalytic activity of ZnO, Ag-ZnO, Cu-ZnO, Ag, Cu-ZnO and TPPS/ZnO for the degradation of methylene blue under UV and visible light irradiation

Reads0
Chats0
TLDR
In this article, meso-tetrakis-(4-sulfonatophenyl) porphyrin (TPPS4) was prepared and immobilized on ZnO nanorods.
About
This article is published in Water Science and Technology.The article was published on 2021-10-01 and is currently open access. It has received 7 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Photocatalysis & Diffuse reflectance infrared fourier transform.

read more

Citations
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI

Vertically Aligned Cu-Doped ZnO Nanorods for Photocatalytic Activity Enhancement

TL;DR: In this paper , the authors reported the synthesis and characterization of Cu-doped ZnO nanorods with enhanced photocatalytic activity in degrading industrial wastewater contaminations, and the optical properties of the photocatalyst were analyzed using photoluminescence and UV-Vis analyses.
Journal ArticleDOI

Surface functionalized silver-doped ZnO nanocatalyst: a sustainable cooperative catalytic, photocatalytic and antibacterial platform for waste treatment

TL;DR: In this paper , the authors have fabricated functionalized silver-doped ZnO nanoparticles via a hydrothermal method for wastewater treatment, which can limit the risk of nanotoxicity and aids the cost-effectiveness of the overall treatment process.
References
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI

Environmental Applications of Semiconductor Photocatalysis

TL;DR: The slow pace of hazardous waste remediation at military installations around the world is causing a serious delay in conversion of many of these facilities to civilian uses as discussed by the authors, which is a serious problem.
Journal ArticleDOI

A comprehensive review of zno materials and devices

TL;DR: The semiconductor ZnO has gained substantial interest in the research community in part because of its large exciton binding energy (60meV) which could lead to lasing action based on exciton recombination even above room temperature.
Journal ArticleDOI

Nanowire Nanosensors for Highly Sensitive and Selective Detection of Biological and Chemical Species

TL;DR: The small size and capability of these semiconductor nanowires for sensitive, label-free, real-time detection of a wide range of chemical and biological species could be exploited in array-based screening and in vivo diagnostics.