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Elmehdi HM, Ramachandran K, Chidambaram S, Mani GT, Pandiaraj S, Alqarni SA, Daoudi K, Gaidi M. Diode characteristics, piezo-photocatalytic antibiotic degradation and hydrogen production of Ce 3+ doped ZnO nanostructures. Chemosphere 2024; 350:141015. [PMID: 38154676 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.141015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2023] [Revised: 11/27/2023] [Accepted: 12/19/2023] [Indexed: 12/30/2023]
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Piezo-photocatalysis of ZnO nanostructures had recently well attracted due to their exceptional potential in degrading the antibiotics and scalable hydrogen production. Here, we have synthesized the Ce3+ doped ZnO nanospheres in a facile wet chemical strategy. Dopant ions induced morphological evolution and optical bandgap tuning had observed in our experiment. Optical absorbance spectrum had confirmed the bandgap shortening occurs with Ce3+ doped ZnO specimens. The bandgap gap value had reduced to 2.82 eV from 3.05eV confirming the visible light responsivity of ZnO nano specimens. Obtained Zn(1-x)CexO nanospheres were utilized to fabricate the p-Si/n- Zn(1-x)CexO heterojunction diodes as well studied the improved electrical conductivity for the Ce3+ specimen-based diodes. Besides, ideality factor and barrier height values of the heterojunction diodes ZnO/p-Si, Zn0.99Ce0.01O/p-Si, Zn0.97Ce0.03O/p-Si, and Zn0.95Ce0.05O/p-Si are 15.97 & 0.43 eV, 15.47 & 0.44 eV, 8.02 & 0.46 eV and 5.21 & 0.47 eV, respectively. Direct sunlight assisted piezo-photocatalytic tetracycline (TC) degradation efficiency of ZnO, Zn0.99Ce0.01O, Zn0.97Ce0.03O, and Zn0.95Ce0.05O nanostructures respectively are 64%, 69%, 74% and 82%. We have produced the hydrogen quantity of 1234 μ mol h-1, 1490 μ mol h-1, 1750 μ mol h-1 and 1980 μ mol h-1 with 0%, 1%, 3% and 5% Ce3+ doped ZnO specimens under the direct sunlight assisted piezo-photocatalytic H2 production from H2S splitting.
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- Hussein M Elmehdi
- Department of Applied Physics and Astronomy, College of Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah 27272, United Arab Emirates.
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- Centre for Advanced Materials Research, Research Institute of Sciences and Engineering, University of Sharjah, Sharjah 27272, United Arab Emirates; University College of Engineering, BIT Campus, Tiruchirappalli, Tamilnadu, India
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- Department of Physics and Nanotechnology, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, 603203, India.
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- Department of Self-Development Skills, CFY Deanship, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Applied Physics and Astronomy, College of Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah 27272, United Arab Emirates; Centre for Advanced Materials Research, Research Institute of Sciences and Engineering, University of Sharjah, Sharjah 27272, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Applied Physics and Astronomy, College of Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah 27272, United Arab Emirates; Centre for Advanced Materials Research, Research Institute of Sciences and Engineering, University of Sharjah, Sharjah 27272, United Arab Emirates
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Slimani Y, Almessiere MA, Mohamed MJS, Hannachi E, Caliskan S, Akhtar S, Baykal A, Gondal MA. Synthesis of Ce and Sm Co-Doped TiO2 Nanoparticles with Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity for Rhodamine B Dye Degradation. Catalysts 2023. [DOI: 10.3390/catal13040668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/03/2023] Open
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One of the major concerns that receive global attention is the presence of organic pollutants (dyes, pharmaceuticals, pesticides, phenolic compounds, heavy metals, and so on), originating from various industries, in wastewater and water resources. Rhodamine B is widely used in the dyeing of paints, plastics, textiles, and other fabrics, as well as biological products. It is highly persistent, toxic, and carcinogenic to organisms and humans when directly released into the water supply. To avoid this hazard, several studies have been conducted in an attempt to remove Rhodamine B from wastewater. Metal oxide semiconducting materials have gained great interest because of their ability to decompose organic pollutants from wastewater. TiO2 is one of the most effective photocatalysts with a broad range of applications. Several attempts have been made to improve its photocatalytic activity. Accordingly, we have prepared in this work a series of cerium (Ce) and samarium (Sm) co-doped TiO2 nanoparticles (x = 0.00, 0.25, 0.50, 1.00, and 2.00%) using a sol–gel auto-combustion approach. The influence of Ce–Sm concentrations on the structural, morphology, electronic, and optical properties, as well as the photocatalytic activity, was investigated. Structure and elemental mapping analyses proved the presence of Ce and Sm in the compositions as well as the development of the TiO2 anatase phase with a tetragonal structure and crystallite size of 15.1–17.8 nm. Morphological observations confirmed the creation of spherical nanoparticles (NPs). The examination of the electronic structure properties using density functional theory (DFT) calculations and of the optical properties using a UV/Vis diffuse spectrophotometer showed a reduction in the bandgap energy upon Ce–Sm co-doping. The photocatalytic activity of the synthesized products was assessed on the degradation of Rhodamine B dye, and it was found that all Ce–Sm co-doped TiO2 nanoparticles have better photocatalytic activities than pristine TiO2 nanoparticles. Among all of the prepared nanoparticles, the sample with x = 0.50% demonstrated the best photocatalytic activity, with a degradation efficiency of 98% within 30 min and a reaction rate constant of about 0.0616 min−1. h+ and •O2− were determined to be the most important active species in the photocatalytic degradation process. Besides the high photocatalytic degradation efficiency, these photocatalysts are highly stable and could be easily recovered and reused, which indicates their potential for practical applications in the future.
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Adam MSS, Sikander S, Qamar MT, Iqbal S, Khalil A, Taha AM, Abdel-Rahman OS, Elkaeed EB. Photocatalytic removal of imidacloprid containing frequently applied insecticide in agriculture industry using Co3O4 modified MoO3 composites. Front Chem 2023; 11:1125835. [PMID: 36998573 PMCID: PMC10043367 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2023.1125835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2022] [Accepted: 02/23/2023] [Indexed: 03/16/2023] Open
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Water pollution caused by the frequent utilization of pesticides in the agriculture industry is one of the major environmental concerns that require proper attention. In this context, the photocatalytic removal of pesticides from contaminated water in the presence of metallic oxide photocatalysts is quite in approach. In the present study, Orthorhombic MoO3 has been modified with varying amount of cobalt oxide through wet impregnation for the removal of imidacloprid and imidacloprid-containing commercially available insecticide. The solid-state absorption response and band gap evaluation of synthesized composites revealed a significant extension of absorption cross-section and absorption edge in the visible region of the light spectrum than pristine MoO3. The indirect band gap energy varied from ∼2.88 eV (MoO3) to ∼2.15 eV (10% Co3O4-MoO3). The role of Co3O4 in minimizing the photo-excitons’ recombination in MoO3 was studied using photoluminescence spectroscopy. The orthorhombic shape of MoO3 was confirmed through X-ray diffraction analysis and scanning electron microscopy. Moreover, the presence of distinct absorption edges and diffraction peaks corresponding to Co3O4 and MoO3 in absorption spectra and XRD patterns, respectively verified the composite nature of 10% Co3O4-MoO3. The photocatalytic study under natural sunlight irradiation showed higher photocatalytic removal (∼98%) of imidacloprid with relatively higher rate by 10% Co3O4-MoO3 composite among all contestants. Furthermore, the photocatalytic removal (∼93%) of commercially applied insecticide, i.e., Greeda was also explored.
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- Mohamed Shaker S. Adam
- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Sohag University, Sohag, Egypt
- *Correspondence: Mohamed Shaker S. Adam, ; Shahid Iqbal,
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- Department of Chemistry, Forman Christian College (A Chartered University), Lahore, Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry, Forman Christian College (A Chartered University), Lahore, Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Natural Sciences (SNS), National University of Science and Technology (NUST), Islamabad, Pakistan
- *Correspondence: Mohamed Shaker S. Adam, ; Shahid Iqbal,
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia
- Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, AlMaarefa University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Areej F, Munawar T, Mukhtar F, Nadeem MS, Akbar UA, Hakeem AS, Iqbal F. Synthesis and characterization of rGO-supported Mo/Cu dual-doped NiO nanocomposite for the elimination of dye pollutant. Appl Nanosci 2023. [DOI: 10.1007/s13204-023-02786-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/18/2023]
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Gao B, Sun X, Yao C, Mao L. A new strategy to obtain thin ZrO2–Al2O3 composite aerogel coating with prominent high–temperature resistance and rapid heat dissipation. J SOLID STATE CHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jssc.2022.123384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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