The advanced photocatalytic degradation of atrazine by direct Z-scheme Cu doped ZnO/g-C3N4

A new Ru(ii) polypyridyl complex as an efficient photosensitizer for enhancing the visible-light-driven photocatalytic activity of a TiO2/reduced graphene oxide nanocomposite for the degradation of atrazine: DFT and mechanism insights

“…The separation and recombination of charge carriers play a critical role in the photocatalytic activity of semiconductors, and their photocatalytic performance is improved when charge recombination is prevented. 48 Thus, to study the charge recombination process, the photoluminescence (PL) spectra of prepared samples were recorded, as shown in Fig. 7b.…”

Sunlight-assisted degradation of textile pollutants and phytotoxicity evaluation using mesoporous ZnO/g-C3N4catalyst

“…A facile one-step calcination method was used to produce ZnO/g-C 3 N 4 . 39 To establish the ZnO/g-C 3 N 4 , synthesized ZnO and melamine were vigorously ground to produce a homogeneous mixture, which was continuously conveyed to a silica crucible to calcinate at 550 °C for 4 h. The synthesized ZnO and melamine were carefully regulated to achieve ZnO/g-C 3 N 4 mole ratios of ZnO: g-C 3 N 4 was 0.25 : 1, 0.50 : 1, 0.75 : 1, and 1 : 1.…”

Graphitic Carbon Nitride-Based Z-Scheme Structure for Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction

“…Doping metallic (e.g., Au, Nb, Cu) or nonmetallic (e.g., P, , S) atoms into the skeleton of GCN or the coupled SC can tune their band structure by creating an intermediate band and improve the conductivity, making more flexibility for ZSS construction. For example, the heterojunctions are usually formed as type II structure in TiO 2 /GCN composites, whereas direct ZSS can be created in Nb-TiO 2 /GCN through narrowing the bandgap of TiO 2 via Nb doping (Figure a) .…”