Effect of surfactant on the morphology of ZnO nanopowders and their application for photodegradation of rhodamine B

Highly active ZnO-based biomimetic fern-like microleaves for photocatalytic water decontamination using sunlight

“…This implies that the change in band-gap is compensated by the higher surface area (and thus easy pollutant and light accessibility) of the Ag-decorated ZnO micro/nanoferns. Moreover, it is worth emphasizing that the knor of ZnO@ZnS core@shell bioinspired micro/nanoferns, listed in Table 2, are similar or even higher than that of the most competitive stateof-the-art ZnO-based photocatalysts (Tables S1-S3) [23,29,34,[67][68][69][70][71][72][73][74][75][76][77][78][79][80][81][82][83][84][85][86]. Therefore, in relation to the photocatalytic activity, the ZnO@ZnS core@shell bioinspired fern-shape microleaves exhibit an outstanding photocatalyzed remediation for the three different studied pollutants with a catalytic performance rivaling with doped ZnO nano-catalysts.…”

Ultrasonic-assisted synthesis and photocatalytic performance of ZnO nanoplates and microflowers

“…The photocatalytic activities of ZnO nanomaterials with different morphologies were tested via the degradation of MB solutions under UV radiation with the kinetics model proposed by Langmuir-Hinshelwood as follows [37][38][39].…”

Controlled synthesis of ZnO nanoparticles and evaluation of their toxicity in Mus musculus mice

“…During the reaction that occurs within the system, the CTAB would behave as template and as a means of transport for the [Zn(OH) 4 ] 2− growth units [57]. These species would unite to go on to form nanospheres, for CTAB concentrations of 10 mM, independent of the nature of the solvent used in the synthesis (Fig.…”

“…Furthermore, the presence of the CTAB molecules adsorbed on the nanoparticles would cause steric effects that would prevent their agglomeration [40,57,58], an action that is observed in Fig. 4.…”