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Recent developments of zinc oxide based photocatalyst in water treatment technology: A review
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This paper presents a critical review of recent achievements in the modification of ZnO photocatalyst for organic contaminants degradation and recommends improvements in the heterogeneous photocatalysis under UV/visible/solar illumination.About:
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A review of ZnO nanoparticles as solar photocatalysts: Synthesis, mechanisms and applications
TL;DR: In this paper, the photo-degradation mechanisms of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and the recent progress in ZnO nanostructured fabrication methods including doping, heterojunction and modification techniques as well as improvements of ZnOs as a photocatalyst are reviewed.
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Review on the improvement of the photocatalytic and antibacterial activities of ZnO
TL;DR: In this paper, a review of the application of photocatalytic degradation and the antibacterial properties of zinc oxide (ZnO) nanomaterials is reviewed, and the main methods that improve antibacterial activities are coating inorganic or organic antimicrobial agents, doping ZnO, and tuning the size, morphological characteristics, and concentration of ZnOs.
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Wastewater treatment by means of advanced oxidation processes at basic pH conditions: a review.
Grzegorz Boczkaj,André Fernandes +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the state of the art of AOPs exclusively at alkaline pH, the type of compounds and effluents effectively degraded, the influence of pH on the efficiency of the processes, economic evaluation and degradation pathways were presented.
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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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Covalent organic framework photocatalysts: structures and applications
Han Wang,Hui Wang,Ziwei Wang,Lin Tang,Guangming Zeng,Piao Xu,Ming Chen,Ting Xiong,Chengyun Zhou,Xiyi Li,Danlian Huang,Yuan Zhu,Zixuan Wang,Junwang Tang +13 more
TL;DR: In this critical review, the recent progress and advances of COF photocatalysts are thoroughly presented and diverse linkers between COF building blocks such as boron- containing connections and nitrogen-containing connections are summarised and compared.
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Heterogeneous photocatalyst materials for water splitting
Akihiko Kudo,Yugo Miseki +1 more
TL;DR: This critical review shows the basis of photocatalytic water splitting and experimental points, and surveys heterogeneous photocatalyst materials for water splitting into H2 and O2, and H2 or O2 evolution from an aqueous solution containing a sacrificial reagent.
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TiO2 photocatalysis and related surface phenomena
TL;DR: The field of photocatalysis can be traced back more than 80 years to early observations of the chalking of titania-based paints and to studies of the darkening of metal oxides in contact with organic compounds in sunlight as discussed by the authors.
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Recent Developments in Photocatalytic Water Treatment Technology: A Review
TL;DR: For the first time, a multi-variables optimization approach is described to determine the optimum operation parameters so as to enhance process performance and photooxidation efficiency in the photocatalytic water treatment process.
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Zinc oxide nanostructures: growth, properties and applications
TL;DR: In this paper, a review of various nanostructures of ZnO grown by the solid-vapour phase technique and their corresponding growth mechanisms is presented. And the application of nanobelts as nanosensors, nanocantilevers, field effect transistors and nanoresonators is demonstrated.