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Pan S, Bera S, Sen S, Das A. Insights into the surface chemistry induced photoreactivity of Fe-doped SnO2 in dye degradation. INORG CHEM COMMUN 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.inoche.2023.110672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/05/2023]
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Zhou T, Huang X, Zhai T, Ma K, Zhang H, Zhang G. Fabrication of novel three-dimensional Fe 3O 4-based particles electrodes with enhanced electrocatalytic activity for Berberine removal. CHEMOSPHERE 2022; 287:132397. [PMID: 34597640 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.132397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2021] [Revised: 09/24/2021] [Accepted: 09/27/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Reasonable design of three-dimensional (3D) catalytic particle electrodes (CPEs) is crucial for achieving efficient electrocatalytic oxidation of organic pollutants. Herein, the novel Fe3O4/SnO2/GO (FO/SO/GO) particle electrode has been developed and serviced to the 3D electrocatalytic berberine hydrochloride oxidation system with DSA (RuO2-IrO2-SnO2/Ti) electrode as anode and GDE (gas diffusion electrode) electrode as the cathode. Compared with 2D systems and other CPEs, FO/SO/GO electrode shows excellent electrocatalytic activity and remarkable stability for BH removal, that is, the removal rate of BH is 94.8% within 90 min, and the rate constant is 0.03095 min-1. More importantly, after five cycles, the ternary composite still maintains a strong ability to oxidize pollutants. The structural characterization and electrochemical measurement further uncover that the electron transfer ability and electrocatalytic oxidation efficiency are highly dependent on the surface structure regulation of CPEs. Furthermore, the quenching experiments show that hydroxyl radicals are the main active species in the 3D electro-Fenton (EF) system, which can oxidize BH molecules adsorbed on the surface of GO to CO2, H2O, or other products. The results could potentially provide new insights for designing and fabricating more stable and efficient 3D CPEs electrocatalytic removal of organic pollutants in the future.
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- Tianhong Zhou
- School of Environmental and Municipal Engineering, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, Lanzhou, 730070, China; Key Laboratory of Yellow River Water Environment in Gansu Province, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, Lanzhou, 730070, China
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- School of Environmental and Municipal Engineering, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, Lanzhou, 730070, China; Key Laboratory of Yellow River Water Environment in Gansu Province, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, Lanzhou, 730070, China
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- School of Environmental and Municipal Engineering, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, Lanzhou, 730070, China; Key Laboratory of Yellow River Water Environment in Gansu Province, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, Lanzhou, 730070, China
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- School of Environmental and Municipal Engineering, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, Lanzhou, 730070, China; Key Laboratory of Yellow River Water Environment in Gansu Province, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, Lanzhou, 730070, China
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- School of Environmental and Municipal Engineering, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, Lanzhou, 730070, China; Key Laboratory of Yellow River Water Environment in Gansu Province, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, Lanzhou, 730070, China
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- School of Environmental and Municipal Engineering, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, Lanzhou, 730070, China; Key Laboratory of Yellow River Water Environment in Gansu Province, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, Lanzhou, 730070, China.
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Nguyen TV, Do TV, Ngo TD, Nguyen TA, Lu LT, Vu QT, Thi LP, Tran DL. Photocurable acrylate epoxy/ZnO–Ag nanocomposite coating: fabrication, mechanical and antibacterial properties. RSC Adv 2022; 12:23346-23355. [PMID: 36090437 PMCID: PMC9382360 DOI: 10.1039/d2ra03546d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2022] [Accepted: 07/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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In this study, a UV-curable acrylate epoxy nanocomposite coating has been prepared by incorporation of ZnO–Ag hybrid nanoparticles. For this purpose, firstly ZnO–Ag hybrid nanoparticles were fabricated by a seed-mediated growth method. Then, these ZnO–Ag hybrid nanoparticles (2 wt%) were added into the UV-curable acrylate resin matrices. The photocuring process of nanocomposite was evaluated by various factors, such as the conversion of acrylate double bonds, pendulum hardness and gel fraction. Under the 4.8 s UV-exposure time for full crosslinking, the obtained data indicated that incorporation of ZnO–Ag nanohybrids into the coating matrix changed the crosslinking process of coating significantly. A mechanical teat indicated that the presence of nanohybrids in photocurable coating matrix enhanced its abrasion resistance from 98.7 to 131.6 L per mil (33.3%). The antibacterial test against E. coli over 7 h indicated that E. coli bacteria were killed totally by nanocomposite coating, whereas it was 2.6 × 104 CFU mL−1 for the neat coating without nanoparticles. ZnO-Ag hybrid nanoparticles were fabricated by seed-mediated growth method and incorporated into the UV-curable acrylate resin matrice to form a composite. This improved the mechanical property of UV-cured coating and exhibited high antibacterial activity against E. coli.![]()
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- Thien Vuong Nguyen
- Institute for Tropical Technology, VAST, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam
- Graduate University of Science and Technology, VAST, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Institute for Tropical Technology, VAST, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam
- Graduate University of Science and Technology, VAST, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Institute for Tropical Technology, VAST, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam
- Graduate University of Science and Technology, VAST, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Institute for Tropical Technology, VAST, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Institute for Tropical Technology, VAST, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam
- Graduate University of Science and Technology, VAST, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Hanoi National University of Education, 136 Xuan Thuy, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Institute for Tropical Technology, VAST, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Institute for Tropical Technology, VAST, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam
- Graduate University of Science and Technology, VAST, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam
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Arora A, Sunaina, Wadhwa R, Jha M. Conversion of scrap iron into ultrafine α-Fe 2O 3 nanorods for the efficient visible light photodegradation of ciprofloxacin. NEW J CHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d2nj00245k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The present study illustrates a feasible approach of utilizing scrap iron for the synthesis of iron(ii) oxide.
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- Arushi Arora
- Institute of Nano Science & Technology, Knowledge City, Sector 81, Mohali, Punjab-140306, India
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- Institute of Nano Science & Technology, Knowledge City, Sector 81, Mohali, Punjab-140306, India
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- Institute of Nano Science & Technology, Knowledge City, Sector 81, Mohali, Punjab-140306, India
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- Institute of Nano Science & Technology, Knowledge City, Sector 81, Mohali, Punjab-140306, India
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Surface photosensitization of ZnO by ZnS to enhance the photodegradation efficiency for organic pollutants. SN APPLIED SCIENCES 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s42452-021-04643-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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AbstractIt is challenging to develop a material which has low cost, high activity, good stability and recyclability under light exposure. Apart from these properties, the photocatalyst should also have good visible region absorbance and low electron-hole pair recombination rate. Keeping all this in view, we have designed a simple scalable synthesis of ZnO–ZnS heterostructures for the photocatalytic treatment of industrial waste (p-nitrophenol and methyl orange). The ZnO–ZnS heterostructures are synthesized via a solvent-free route by thermal annealing of solid-state mixture of ZnO and thiourea (a sulphur source) which results in ZnO–ZnS core shell kind of heterostructure formation. The interface formation between the ZnO–ZnS heterostructure favored the band-gap reduction in comparison to the bare ZnO and ZnS nanoparticles. Further, these ZnO–ZnS heterostructures were utilized as a photocatalyst for the degradation of toxic phenolic molecules (p-nitrophenol) and harmful organic dyes (methyl orange) present in the water under the light exposure (> 390 nm).
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Rezaei A, Rezaei MR, Sayadi MH. 3D network structure graphene hydrogel-Fe3O4@SnO2/Ag via an adsorption/photocatalysis synergy for removal of 2,4 dichlorophenol. J Taiwan Inst Chem Eng 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtice.2021.03.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Ali W, Ullah H, Zada A, Muhammad W, Ali S, Shaheen S, Alamgir MK, Ansar MZ, Khan ZU, Bilal H, Yap PS. Synthesis of TiO 2 modified self-assembled honeycomb ZnO/SnO 2 nanocomposites for exceptional photocatalytic degradation of 2,4-dichlorophenol and bisphenol A. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2020; 746:141291. [PMID: 32763611 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2020] [Revised: 07/07/2020] [Accepted: 07/25/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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In this study, we have successfully synthesized honeycomb-like self-assembled structure of TiO2 modified ZnO/SnO2 nanostructure via co-precipitation method with exceptional high degradation activities for 2,4-dichlorophenol (2,4-DCP) and bisphenol A (BPA) pollutants. The as-prepared samples were calcined in tube furnace at high elevated temperature (700, 800 and 900 °C) for 1 h. Among the TiO2 modified samples, ZST10-700 showed higher charge separation as demonstrated from surface photovoltage spectroscopy, photoluminance and electrochemical curve. Surface morphology, crystallinity, optical property and different functional groups in the samples were determined with SEM, EDX, XRD, UV-Vis DRS and FTIR, respectively. Interestingly, 72% and 58% photocatalytic degradation efficiencies were achieved with optimized ZST10-700 for 2,4-DCP and BPA, respectively. In comparison, the pure ZS-700 only showed 36% and 29% photocatalytic degradation efficiencies, respectively. The improved photocatalytic degradation efficiencies of the optimized ZST10-700 are mainly due to improved charge separation and prolonged charge lifetime. It was further verified that by increasing calcination temperature, the photocatalytic activity decreased, and this is attributed to the formation of photo-inactive phases like Zn2SnO4 and ZnTiO3. We believe that this work will provide an effective strategy to construct ternary heterojunction for the elimination of pollutants.
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- Wajid Ali
- Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Materials Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, China; Department of Chemistry, Islamia College University Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
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- Department of Chemistry, Islamia College University Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
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- Department of Chemistry, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan 23200, Pakistan
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- State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics, Physics Departments, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Materials Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Materials Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, China
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- National Institute of Vacuum Science and Technology, NCP Complex, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Special Steel, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Chemistry of Medicinal Resources, Guangxi Normal University, Guangxi 541004, China
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- Department of Civil Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou 215123, China.
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Yu S, Zhang D, Zhang Y, Pan W, Meteku BE, Zhang F, Zeng J. Green light-driven enhanced ammonia sensing at room temperature based on seed-mediated growth of gold-ferrosoferric oxide dumbbell-like heteronanostructures. NANOSCALE 2020; 12:18815-18825. [PMID: 32970068 DOI: 10.1039/d0nr05530a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Since there is excellent synergy between heterostructures and noble metals due to their unique electro-optical and catalytic properties, the introduction of noble metals into metal oxide semiconductors has substantially improved the performance of gas sensors. However, most of the reported noble metal-metal oxide composites are generally prepared as simple hybrids; hence, there is lack of control over their structure, morphology and dimension. Herein, we report a seed-mediated growth of dumbbell-like Au-Fe3O4 heteronanostructured gas sensors for ammonia detection under green light illumination, in which the particle sizes of Au and Fe3O4 were readily tuned in a wide range. The ammonia gas-sensing performances of Au-Fe3O4 heteronanostructures were greatly improved at room temperature by regulating their dimensions. In particular, the sensitivity improved by 30% while the response and recovery time shortened by 20 s and 50 s for the 7.5 nm Au-loaded Fe3O4-based sensor toward 5 ppm ammonia under 520 nm green light illumination as compared to that in the absence of light. This can be ascribed to the localized surface plasmon effect of Au and the Schottky junction formed at the interface between Au and Fe3O4. Interestingly, the Au-Fe3O4 heteronanostructure exhibits a unique p-type to n-type reversible transition for ammonia detection due to the nature of Fe3O4 NPs related to the trade-off between oxygen vacancies and electron transfer caused by ammonia adsorption. In addition, the calculation based on first-principle theory reveals enhanced adsorption capacities of Fe3O4 for ammonia after Au-doping.
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- Sujing Yu
- College of Control Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China.
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Sunaina, Yadav KK, Ankush, Guchhait SK, Sood K, Mehta S, Ganguli A, Jha M. Mechanistic insights of enhanced photocatalytic efficiency of SnO2-SnS2 heterostructures derived from partial sulphurization of SnO2. Sep Purif Technol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2020.116835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Pang Y, Kong L, Chen D, Yuvaraja G, Mehmood S. Facilely synthesized cobalt doped hydroxyapatite as hydroxyl promoted peroxymonosulfate activator for degradation of Rhodamine B. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2020; 384:121447. [PMID: 31653407 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2019.121447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2019] [Revised: 10/06/2019] [Accepted: 10/09/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Hydroxyapatite (HAP) is a promising supporter of catalyst due to its potential in immobilizing metals stably. HAP supported cobalt-based catalyst (Co-HAP) was synthesized via a facile ion exchange-calcination method to reduce the Co leaching. The synthesized Co-HAP was characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Transmission electron microscope (TEM), Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) analysis and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). Cobalt ions were incorporated into HAP structure and Co3O4 on HAP surface. Co-HAP showed satisfactory performance in peroxymonosulfate (PMS) activation for eliminating Rhodamine B (RhB) in aqueous solution. Co-HAP even revealed a better activity than that of CoFe2O4. •OH, SO4•- and 1O2 were all involved in RhB degradation and 1O2 played a leading role. High content of surface oxygen groups could be found on Co-HAP after RhB degradation, which might be resulted from the high amounts of hydroxyl groups. The presence of hydroxyl groups performed the co-catalytic activity of PMS activation in Co-HAP/PMS system.
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- Yixiong Pang
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Radionuclides Pollution Control and Resources, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, 510006, China; School of Civil Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Radionuclides Pollution Control and Resources, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, 510006, China; Guangdong Key Laboratory of Environmental Catalysis and Health Risk Control, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Institute of Environmental Health and Pollution Control, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China; Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China.
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Radionuclides Pollution Control and Resources, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, 510006, China.
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Radionuclides Pollution Control and Resources, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, 510006, China; School of Civil Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Radionuclides Pollution Control and Resources, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, 510006, China; School of Civil Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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