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Zinc oxide for solar water splitting: A brief review of the material's challenges and associated opportunities
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In this article, a short review of the opportunities associated with different synthetic approaches to manipulate the material's structure, defect-chemistry, opto-electronic properties and chemical stability is presented.About:
This article is published in Nano Energy.The article was published on 2018-12-01. It has received 112 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Solar energy & Solar fuel.read more
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A Review of Microwave Synthesis of Zinc Oxide Nanomaterials: Reactants, Process Parameters and Morphologies
TL;DR: The present review aims to discuss the state of the art regarding the microwave synthesis of undoped and doped ZnO NMs with the possibility to control the properties, repeatability, reproducibility, short synthesis duration, low price, purity, and fulfilment of the eco-friendly approach criterion.
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p-n Heterojunction of BiOI/ZnO nanorod arrays for piezo-photocatalytic degradation of bisphenol A in water.
Chaojun Zhang,Weihua Fei,Haoqing Wang,Najun Li,Dongyun Chen,Qingfeng Xu,Hua Li,Jinghui He,Jianmei Lu +8 more
TL;DR: This work shows a strategy to effectively enhance the photocatalytic activity through utilizing the internal piezoelectric potential, which is generated by the one-dimensional nanorods with piezOElectric properties under ultrasonic vibration, which can promote the separation and prolong the lifetime of photogenerated carriers, and result in high-efficient degradation of organic contaminants.
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Water photo splitting for green hydrogen energy by green nanoparticles
TL;DR: In this paper, the state-of-the-art of water splitting using green nanoparticles is described and the attempts are made to describe the various methods of nanoparticles syntheses, their optimizations and applications in hydrogen generation.
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Multifunctional ZnO nanoparticles bio-fabricated from Canna indica L. flowers for seed germination, adsorption, and photocatalytic degradation of organic dyes.
Duyen Thi Cam Nguyen,Hanh T.N. Le,Thuong Thi Nguyen,Thi Thanh Thuy Nguyen,Long Giang Bach,Trinh Duy Nguyen,Thuan Van Tran +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, the use of Canna indica flowers extract as new capping and stabilizing source to bio-fabricate ZnO nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) for dyes removal, seed germination was reported.
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Bamboo shoots shaped FeVO4 passivated ZnO nanorods photoanode for improved charge separation/transfer process towards efficient solar water splitting
Xuefeng Long,Lili Gao,Feng Li,Yiping Hu,Shenqi Wei,Chenglong Wang,Tong Wang,Jun Jin,Jiantai Ma +8 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the triclinic iron vanadate (FeVO4) has been applied in the field of solar water splitting due to its poor charge carrier separation ability.
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