Photocatalytic degradation of brilliant green using undoped and Zn doped SnO 2 nanoparticles under sunlight irradiation

A review on TiO2-based Z-scheme photocatalysts

“…Subsequently, the efficient stabilization of semiconductor photocatalysts has become an active area of research. Many semiconductors, such as TiO2 [11][12][13][14][15], ZnO [16][17][18][19], SnO2 [20][21][22][23][24], Fe2O3 [25], BiVO4 [26][27][28][29][30][31], Cu2O [32][33][34][35][36], and WO3 [37][38][39][40], have been identified as potential photocatalysts under solar light. They have been used to catalyze a range of reactions, including water splitting for hydrogen generation [41,42], CO2 reduction for hydrocarbon fuel production [43][44][45][46][47][48][49], decomposition of harmful gases [50,51], and degradation of organic pollutants [52][53][54][55][56].…”

Growth of Hydrothermally Derived CdS-Based Nanostructures with Various Crystal Features and Photoactivated Properties

“…The photocatalytic activity of semiconductors is highly associated with their microstructures, which are substantially dominated by the crystal growth mechanisms under specific growth conditions. The crystal morphology, size, and composition are major factors influencing the efficiency of light absorption and photocatalytic performance [ 10 – 12 ]. Therefore, understanding the correlation between the crystal growth mechanism and the crystal feature is crucial in designing semiconductor photocatalysts with high photocatalytic performance.…”

Europium doping effect on 3D flower-like SnO2 nanostructures: morphological changes, photocatalytic performance and fluorescence detection of heavy metal ion contamination in drinking water

“…8(b)) can help to diffuse the reactant molecules to the active sites, which further results into the enhancement of loading dye molecules and excellent photocatalytic degradation. 6 Furthermore, larger surface to volume ratio of 10% Eu-doped SnO 2 sample leads to more surface oxygen vacancies, thereby increasing its surface activity and hence photocatalytic performance. Fig.…”