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Wastewater remediation with ZnO photocatalysts: Green synthesis and solar concentration as an economically and environmentally viable route to application.

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In this article, green-synthesized ZnO nanostructures (NSs) exhibited a favorable photocatalytic activity (PCA) in colloidal suspension for the methylene blue (MB) dye degradation upon exposure to concentrated sunlight.
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This article is published in Journal of Environmental Management.The article was published on 2021-03-04. It has received 39 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Photocatalysis.

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Ni2+-assisted catalytic one-step synthesis of Bi/BiOCl/Bi2O2CO3 heterojunction with enhanced photocatalytic activity under visible light

TL;DR: In this paper , a one-step hydrothermal process under the synergistic catalysis of Ni 2+ , where Bi(NO 3 ) 3 was employed as Bi source, DMF was used as carbon source and reductant, NiCl 2 was adopted as Cl source and co-catalyst, and the doping of Bi enhanced the photocatalytic activity of Bi 2 O 2 CO 3 under visible light.
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Strategies to Enhance ZnO Photocatalyst's Performance for Water Treatment: A Comprehensive Review

TL;DR: In this paper , the authors introduce unique and deep insights into tuning of the photocatalytic activity of pristine ZnO through tuning its morphology, surface area, exposed face, and intrinsic defects.
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Construction of carbon nanotubes bridged MoS2/ZnO Z-scheme nanohybrid towards enhanced visible light driven photocatalytic water disinfection and antibacterial activity

TL;DR: In this paper , carbon nanotubes (CNTs) bridged MoS2/ZnO nanohybrids from the hydrothermal process for the heterostructure photocatalysts.
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Piezoelectric materials and techniques for environmental pollution remediation.

TL;DR: In this article , the effect of polarization on piezoelectric catalytic performance was investigated and the development prospects and future outlooks of piezelectric catalysis were presented in detail.
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Photocatalytic degradation of cefixime using visible light-driven Z-scheme ZnO nanorod/Zn2TiO4/GO heterostructure.

TL;DR: ZnO nanorod along with a Zn2TiO4/GO heterostructure with enhanced charge transfer capability was synthesized by a facile sol-gel method as mentioned in this paper .
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Toward Cost-Effective Solar Energy Use

TL;DR: New developments in nanotechnology, biotechnology, and the materials and physical sciences may enable step-change approaches to cost-effective, globally scalable systems for solar energy use.
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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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Photocatalytic degradation for environmental applications – a review

TL;DR: In this article, the chemical effects of various variables on the rate of degradation of different pollutants are discussed in detail, including adsorption, temperature, intensity of light, pH, and presence of anions, cations, etc.
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Self-Doped Ti3+ Enhanced Photocatalyst for Hydrogen Production under Visible Light

TL;DR: The UV-vis spectra show that the Ti(3+) here extends the photoresponse of TiO(2) from the UV to the visible light region, which leads to high visible-light photocatalytic activity for the generation of hydrogen gas from water.
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