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Multifunctional Ag/AgCl/ZnTiO3 structures as highly efficient photocatalysts for the removal of nitrophenols, CO2 photoreduction, biomedical waste treatment, and bacteria inactivation
, Article Applied Catalysis A: General ; Volume 643 , 2022 ; 0926860X (ISSN) ; Ghasemi, S ; Hajiahmadi, S ; Rhimi, B ; Nejad, Z. G ; Karima, S ; Shahsavari, Z ; Wang, C ; Sharif University of Technology
Elsevier B.V
2022
Abstract
Over the past few decades, biological hazards and organic pollution have become major environmental concerns. Photocatalysis has been found to be effective in minimizing the negative impacts of these issues in air and water. Lozenge shape Ag/AgCl/ZnTiO3 photocatalysts were fabricated by a facile two-step synthesis method, including hydrothermal and coprecipitation. The physicochemical characteristics and morphological properties of the structures were comprehensively described taking advantage of a multi-technique approach. The prepared photocatalysts offered excellent nitrophenol mineralization (>90%) after 90 min of visible light irradiation. Based on the spin-trapping ESR technique, •O2̅–...