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Bioinspired ZnO-based solar photocatalysts for the efficient decontamination of persistent organic pollutants and hexavalent chromium in wastewater

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Biomimetic/bioinspired engineering and sulfidation processes are effective strategies for improving the visible light-driven photocatalytic performance of ZnO photocatalysts. A facile electrodeposition process in high oxygen-flux conditions was used to synthesize well-defined fractal micro/nanoferns, consequently increasing the photocatalyst's light-trapping capability and accessible active surface. Next, a simple sulfidation process was used to form a thin layer of ZnS, producing ZnO@ZnS core@shell micro/nanoferns and thereby tuning the optoelectronic properties and extending the photoresponse to the visible region. The ZnO@ZnS micro/nanoferns exhibited clear superiority over other ZnO photocatalyts in the photooxidation of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and the photoreduction of Cr(VI). Their excellent photocatalytic performance allowed the photodegradation under UV-filtered sunlight of nearly 97% of methylene blue after 60 min; the mineralization of >98% of a mixture of methylene blue, 4-nitrophenol, and rhodamine-B after 210 min; and the removal of nearly 65% of Cr(VI) after 180 min. In addition, the ZnO@ZnS micro/nanoferns demonstrated good ability to decontaminate an inorganic-organic bipollutant system, with promising potential to leverage synergistic effects. Finally, these micro/nanoferns presented great recyclability and reusability for both photooxidation and photoremediation processes. These findings support that sulfidation and biomimetic engineering can be a superior route for designing efficient sunlight-driven ZnO-photocatalysts for water decontamination.

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Fotocatàlisi, Òxid de zinc

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Photocatalysis, Zinc oxide

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SERRÀ I RAMOS, Albert, GÓMEZ, Elvira and PHILIPPE, Laetitia. Bioinspired ZnO-based solar photocatalysts for the efficient decontamination of persistent organic pollutants and hexavalent chromium in wastewater. Catalysts. 2019. Vol. 9, num. 974. ISSN 2073-4344. [consulted: 18 of August of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/145204

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