Table 5.3 (continued)
Nanomaterial
type
Functionalization Improved properties
Reference
Polymers
Ti(IV)oxide
Carbon dot/ZnO
Al 2 O 3
Cobalt ferrite
Zirconium silicate
CdS
Iron/zirconium
Copper ferrite
Ni(OH) 2
ZnO-Fe 3 O 4
Great potential for phosphate removal
from the water
Efficient solarenergy-assisted recyclable
photocatalyst
Showed higher water flux
Cost-effective, biocompatible, and potential adsorbent
Excellent recovery of nitrocompounds
from tap (95.4%), industrial (97.67%),
and sea water (95.77%)
Enhanced photocatalyticactivity in dye
degradation
Simultaneous removal of ammonium,
phosphate, Cd (II)
Easily separable magnetic nanocomposite
Reduction of Cr(VI) to less poisonous Cr
(III) species
Nanocomposite still retains 95% of the
original adsorption
Nie et al.
(2019)
Duarah and
Karak (2019)
Ghaemi and
Daraei (2016)
Mahmoud
et al. (2019)
Alipour and
Lakouarj
(2019)
Zhou et al.
(2018)
Kharazi et al.
(2019)
Bhaumik et al.
(2018)
Rakati et al.
(2019)
Metal and
metal based
ZnHCF/Fe 2 O 3
ZnHCF/ZnO
FeHCF/ZnO
CdO/ZnO
Fe 2 O 3 /MnO 2
MoS 2 /TiO 2
BiOBr/Ti 3 C 2
MgO/SiO 2
Fe/MgO
Fe 3 O 4 /Ag/C
Highly surface active, semiconducting
hybrid
Quick degradation of bisphenol a from
water
Biocompatible, better adsorbent, and
photocatalytic agent
Incorporation of CdO into ZnOreduces
the band gap
Excellent degradation toward Rhodamine
B
Photoactive, active catalyst, and environment friendly
Cr(VI) completely removed with 80 min
Nanocomposite exhibited highsurface
area 356.02 m
2 g
À1
Simultaneously remove Pb(II) and dye
from water
Highly surface active 744.7 m
2 g
À1 and
ferromagnetic
Rachna and
Shanker
(2018)
Rani and
Shanker
(2018)
Rachna et al.
(2019)
Mahendiran
et al. (2019)
Li et al.
(2019a, b)
Kumar et al.
(2019)
Huang et al.
(2019)
Yue et al.
(2019)
Ge et al.
(2018)
Muntean et al.
(2019)
Silica based
TiO 2
Fe (0)
•OH radicals rise fast with the intrawall
pore size
Dong et al.
(2019a, b)
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Nanomaterial
type
Functionalization Improved properties
Reference
Polymers
Ti(IV)oxide
Carbon dot/ZnO
Al 2 O 3
Cobalt ferrite
Zirconium silicate
CdS
Iron/zirconium
Copper ferrite
Ni(OH) 2
ZnO-Fe 3 O 4
Great potential for phosphate removal
from the water
Efficient solarenergy-assisted recyclable
photocatalyst
Showed higher water flux
Cost-effective, biocompatible, and potential adsorbent
Excellent recovery of nitrocompounds
from tap (95.4%), industrial (97.67%),
and sea water (95.77%)
Enhanced photocatalyticactivity in dye
degradation
Simultaneous removal of ammonium,
phosphate, Cd (II)
Easily separable magnetic nanocomposite
Reduction of Cr(VI) to less poisonous Cr
(III) species
Nanocomposite still retains 95% of the
original adsorption
Nie et al.
(2019)
Duarah and
Karak (2019)
Ghaemi and
Daraei (2016)
Mahmoud
et al. (2019)
Alipour and
Lakouarj
(2019)
Zhou et al.
(2018)
Kharazi et al.
(2019)
Bhaumik et al.
(2018)
Rakati et al.
(2019)
Metal and
metal based
ZnHCF/Fe 2 O 3
ZnHCF/ZnO
FeHCF/ZnO
CdO/ZnO
Fe 2 O 3 /MnO 2
MoS 2 /TiO 2
BiOBr/Ti 3 C 2
MgO/SiO 2
Fe/MgO
Fe 3 O 4 /Ag/C
Highly surface active, semiconducting
hybrid
Quick degradation of bisphenol a from
water
Biocompatible, better adsorbent, and
photocatalytic agent
Incorporation of CdO into ZnOreduces
the band gap
Excellent degradation toward Rhodamine
B
Photoactive, active catalyst, and environment friendly
Cr(VI) completely removed with 80 min
Nanocomposite exhibited highsurface
area 356.02 m
2 g
À1
Simultaneously remove Pb(II) and dye
from water
Highly surface active 744.7 m
2 g
À1 and
ferromagnetic
Rachna and
Shanker
(2018)
Rani and
Shanker
(2018)
Rachna et al.
(2019)
Mahendiran
et al. (2019)
Li et al.
(2019a, b)
Kumar et al.
(2019)
Huang et al.
(2019)
Yue et al.
(2019)
Ge et al.
(2018)
Muntean et al.
(2019)
Silica based
TiO 2
Fe (0)
•OH radicals rise fast with the intrawall
pore size
Dong et al.
(2019a, b)
(continued)
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