A Simple Protocol for Synthesis of Pencil Like ZnO Rods and Their Photocatalytic Performance Study

Photocatalytic degradation of the antibiotic levofloxacin using highly crystalline TiO2 nanoparticles

“…is one of the most promising techniques for the complete degradation of organic compounds. [28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42] Among various heterogeneous semiconductor photocatalysts, TiO 2 possesses a special place due to its inertness, long term stability, non-toxicity, low-cost synthesis and easy recovery by filtration and centrifugation methods, wide band gap (E bg = 3.2 eV for anatase phase) and several other excellent properties. 43,44 Due to these aforementioned properties, TiO 2 has been widely used for the effective photocatalytic degradation of various dyes and other organic pollutants.…”

A benign hydrothermal synthesis of nanopencils-like zinc oxide nanoflowers

“…ZnO nanopencils and nanoflowers through chemical route of hydrothermal synthesis have been reported by many researchers in the past [5,[9][10][11][12][13]. All these synthesis procedures include decomposition of different precursor salts with the addition of catalysts and different environmentally malignant chemicals, which are toxic and not easily degraded in the environment [14].…”