Novel ZnO blended SnO2 nanocatalysts exhibiting superior degradation of hazardous pollutants and enhanced visible photoemission properties

Ceramic ZnO-SnO2-Fe2O3 Powders and Coatings -Effective Photogenerators of Reactive Oxygen Species

“…Photocatalytic materials are used in many different practical applications (water and air purification, sensors, water splitting, etc.) and are the object of intensive investigations [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]. Many oxide semiconductor materials are effective photocatalysts, demonstrate antibacterial activity and have an excellent thermal stability and chemical durability.…”

“…Ceramic materials (powders and coatings) based on ZnO are very effective photocatalysts [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14] which have been successfully tested in industrial conditions [1]. Modification of the ZnO ceramic materials using other oxides additions provides a significant enhancement to its photocatalytic and bactericidal characteristics [3][4][5][6][7][8]. These additions decrease the size of ZnO crystals, modify the crystal structure and morphology of the ZnO ceramic materials and increase their specific surface areas.…”

“…The application of these semiconductor heterostructures allows to decrease the possibility of the recombination of photogenerated electron-hole pairs by the spatial separation of charges. It was found that the application of different heterostructures (ZnO-SnO 2 [3,4]; ZnO-Fe 2 O 3 [6]; ZnO-TiO 2 [5]) provides the increase in the effectiveness of photocatalysis [3][4][5][6].…”

“…ZnO-SnO 2 ceramic materials are one of the most effective ZnO-based photocatalysts [3,4,7,28]. ZnO and SnO 2 have relatively high band gap values (3.37 and 3.6 eV, respectively [33]), and demonstrate high photocatalytic properties under UV irradiation [4,29].…”

Exploring the Photoluminescence Property, Photocatalytic Efficiency, and Antibacterial Activity of Eu-Doped ZnO/SnO2 Heterostructure

“…So, advanced oxidation process has been evolved as a promising alternative and executed extensively for decomposition of hard-toremove organic compounds. [9][10][11] As the most significant way of dye degradation, photocatalysis is the process of harvesting light energy to generate electron-hole pairs. 11,12 The process further results in the creation of highly reactive species like •OH radicals targeted towards the degradation of contaminants.…”