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Toxicity of a Cr(VI) solution before and after treatment by TiO2 heterogeneous photocatalysis (HP) was performed with AMPHITOX bioassay. Changes in toxicity on Rhinella arenarum larvae for 10-d were monitored after expos...

Heterogeneous photocatalysis using TiO2 is a non-selective technique used for the degradation of organic molecules. Controlling the morphology of TiO2 has recently been considered one of the important approaches for cont...

Artificial photosynthesis of hydrocarbons from carbon dioxide (CO2) has the potential to provide renewable fuels at the scale needed to meet global decarbonization targets. However, CO2 is a notoriously inert molecule an...

Abstract In this study, graphitic carbon nitride, often known as g-C₃N₄, has also been shown to be a highly attractive photocatalyst that works well with visible light. However, its performance has been adversely aff...

The efficiency of heterogeneous photocatalysis with TiO2 under UV light (HP) for the removal of uranyl ion from water (0.25mM, pH 3) in the presence of 2-propanol (2-PrOH) was evaluated. The effects of the counterion of ...

Metallic nanostructures with nanometer gaps support hybrid plasmonic modes with an extremely small mode volume and strong local field intensity, which constitutes an attractive plasmonic platform for exploring novel ligh...

Photocatalysis uses semiconductors to convert sunlight into chemical energy. Recent reports have shown that plasmonic nanostructures can be used to extend semiconductor light absorption or to drive direct photocatalysis ...

Water and air pollutants pose a significant environmental problem worldwide and photocatalysis is one way to address this global issue. Photocatalytic degradation of toxic substances under the influence of visible electr...

The green-light driven photocatalytic N-deethylation reaction of Rhodamine B (RhB) on a TiO2 film was investigated by UV-vis absorption and fluorescence emission spectroscopies, in addition to HPLC and HR-MS, to ascertai...

Carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) technology is an essential component of China's strategy to achieve carbon neutrality. It represents the necessary pathway for near-zero emissions from fossil fuels and pro...

Zinc oxide films with different levels of yttrium doping are deposited on glass substrates, using radio-frequency magnetron sputtering. Photocatalytic properties were investigated for such Y-doping weight concentration: ...

Abstract Using the electrodeposition technique, nanocomposite thin films of ITO/TiO₂, ITO/TiO₂/CdS, and ITO/TiO₂/Gd₂O₃ were successfully fabricated on ITO glass substrates. The structural, morphological, and op...

Abstract Zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles are widely explored for photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants due to their high stability, low cost, and environmental compatibility. In this study, ZnO nanoparticles we...

MCM-41 materials modified with several Cr/Si molar ratios by a direct incorporation method and thenwith Ti by impregnation, were characterized by different instrumental techniques. In order to developnew photocatalysts t...

Abstract Antibiotic residues in aquatic systems accelerate antimicrobial resistance and require efficient solar-driven advanced oxidation strategies. Herein, we engineer an oxygen-vacancy-rich La-doped NiFe₂O₄ spinel...

In this work, we investigated the photocatalytic removal of NOx using 3D-printed supports. Monolithic supports withinternal channels were fabricated by Fused Modelling Deposition (FDM) using PET as the filament feedstock...

Kinetic studies of 2-chlorophenol photocatalytic degradation are carried out in a batch stirred built in quartz laboratory scale, using TiO2 as catalyst photoactived with ultraviolet light. Experimental design is per...

Fe-doped TiO2 (2, 5, 10, 15 and 20% wt. of Fe) photocatalysts have been synthesized by sol-gel method using titanium aquacomplex precursor. The structure and morphology have been characterized by XRD, BET, SEM, and EDS a...

A sustainable photocatalytic protocol for the trifluoromethylation of (hetero)arenes is reported. The method operates under metal- and base-free conditions using an inexpensive and atom-efficient CF3 source, trifluoroace...

Abstract Growing environmental problems and the threat of an energy crisis have created an urgent need for affordable and efficient photocatalysts that can work under UV light to remove pollutants. In this work, Zinc fer...

Rare earth (RE) ions activated ZnO thin films were prepared via sol-gel route and the thin films be categorized by various techniques. X-ray diffraction (XRD) studies display the hexagonal wurtzite structure of the prepa...

Co-doped titanium dioxide materials were successfully synthesized by the sol–gel method. Molybdenum was incorporated into all materials at 0.5 wt %, while the co-dopants, copper and cobalt, were added at 0.2–0.5 wt %...

Abstract Current paradigms for the origin and evolutions of life and the environment on early Earth have been based on the premises that carbon dioxide (CO2) and nitrogen gas (N2) were the principal constituents of the a...

ZnAlFe mixed metal oxides (ZnAlFe-MMOs) were synthesized from layered double hydroxides (LDHs) preparedby the coprecipitation method at pH 9 using an initial weight composition of Zn2+ = 75%, Al3+ = 15% and Fe3+= 10%, wi...