Photocatalytic Hydrogen Generation from Water-methanol MixturesUsing Nanocrystalline ZnFe$_2$O$_4$ under Visible Light Irradiation

Awakening Solar Water‐Splitting Activity of ZnFe2O4 Nanorods by Hybrid Microwave Annealing

“…Thus, band gap energy of 1.9–2.1 eV was determined as shown in Table S1 (Supporting Information). Based on these data from HMA samples, the approximate band diagram was constructed as shown in Figure c, which was in accordance with the band structure reported previously …”

Solar hydrogen generation from spinel ZnFe2O4photocatalyst: effect of synthesis methods

“…Fundamentally, the physicochemical properties of ZFO particles are dependent on their stoichiometric composition and their microstructure; those in turn are affected by the preparation methodologies [22]. Different methods, viz., solid state reaction (SSR), microwave, sol-gel, co-precipitation, hydrothermal method, hydrothermal-microwave method and solvothermal and pyrolysis method were reported in past to achieve the ZFO that exhibits the property that suits the particular application [10,11,[23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34]. For instance, hollow spheres with the low density resulting from their specific structure are highly preferred for drug delivery application, as it enhances the stability of suspension.…”

“…We have made a note of few of the recent reports with respect to their photocatalyst application. In one of the reports, ZFO was prepared by SSR and polymer complex (PC) method and was shown to photodecompose phenol, as well as photoreduce water under visible light photons [23,30]. Hongjin et al obtained porous ZFO nanorod structures by using mild hydrothermal technique for efficient photocatalytic hydrogen generation [32].…”

Synthesis and visible light photocatalytic activity of nanocrystalline PrFeO 3 perovskite for hydrogen generation in ethanol–water system

“…Hence, iron-based perovskites, double perovskites type structures are also being considered interesting for possible improvement in catalytic properties of iron. However, relatively few reports are available on ferrite type compounds such as MFe 2 O 4 , 21 LaFeO 3 , 22 ZnFe 2 O 4 23 and NiFe 2 O 4 24 for their photocatalytic activity including hydrogen generation through water-splitting. In addition, it is also of interest to study iron-based rare earth perovskites and impact of particular rare earth metal on electronic and photocatalytic properties of ferrites.…”