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single crystalline hematite nanorhombohedra for applications in water purification. Int J Hydrog
Energy 40:767–778. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2014.08.084
Qu X, Brame J, Li Q, Alvarez PJ (2012) Nanotechnology for a safe and sustainable water supply:
enabling integrated water treatment and reuse. Acc Chem Res 46:834–843. https://doi.org/10.
1021/ar300029v
Ramos-Delgado N, Hinojosa-Reyes L, Guzman-Mar I, Gracia-Pinilla M, Hernández-Ramírez A
(2013) Synthesis by sol–gel of WO3/TiO2 for solar photocatalytic degradation of malathion
pesticide. Catal Today 209:35–40. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cattod.2012.11.011
Santhosh C, Velmurugan V, Jacob G, Jeong SK, Grace AN, Bhatnagar A (2016) Role of
nanomaterials in water treatment applications: a review. Chem Eng J 306:1116–1137. https://
doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2016.08.053
Savage N, Diallo MS (2005) Nanomaterials and water purification: opportunities and challenges. J
Nanopart Res 7:331–342. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11051-005-7523-5
Schultz AM, Salvador PA, Rohrer GS (2012) Enhanced photochemical activity of α-Fe 2 O 3 films
supported on SrTiO 3 substrates under visible light illumination. Chem Commun 48. https://doi.
org/10.1039/c2cc16715h
Shi Y, Li H, Wang L, Shen W, Chen H (2012) Novel α-Fe2O3/CdS cornlike nanorods with
enhanced photocatalytic performance. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 4:4800–4806. https://doi.
org/10.1021/am3011516
Siedl N, Elser MJ, Bernardi J, Diwald O (2009) Functional interfaces in pure and blended oxide
nanoparticle networks: recombination versus separation of photogenerated charges. J Phys
Chem C 113:15792–15795. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp906368f
Sin J-C, Lam S-M, Mohamed AR, Lee K-T (2012) Degrading endocrine disrupting chemicals from
wastewater by TiO2 Photocatalysis: a review. Int J Photoenergy 2012. https://doi.org/10.1155/
2012/185159
Srinivas B, Kumar BG, Muralidharan K (2015) Stabilizer free copper sulphide nanostructures for
rapid photocatalytic decomposition of rhodamine B. J Mol Catal A Chem 410:8–18. https://doi.
org/10.1016/j.molcata.2015.08.028
Su J et al (2011) Macroporous V2O5À BiVO4 composites: effect of heterojunction on the behavior
of photogenerated charges. J Phys Chem C 115:8064–8071. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp200274k
Sun J, Wang X, Sun J, Sun R, Sun S, Qiao L (2006) Photocatalytic degradation and kinetics of
Orange G using nano-sized Sn (IV)/TiO2/AC photocatalyst. J Mol Catal A Chem 260:241–246.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molcata.2006.07.033
Sunada Y, Nagashima H (2017) Design and development of iron-based non-precious metal catalyst
systems. Yuki Gosei Kagaku Kyokaishi/J Synth Organic Chem 75:1253–1263. https://doi.org/
10.5059/yukigoseikyokaishi.75.1253
Tanaka K, Padermpole K, Hisanaga T (2000) Photocatalytic degradation of commercial azo dyes.
Water Res 34:327–333. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0043-1354(99)00093-7
Tanwar R, Kaur B, Mandal UK (2017) Highly efficient and visible light driven Ni0. 5Zn0.
5Fe2O4@ PANI modified BiOCl heterocomposite catalyst for water remediation. Appl Catal
B Environ 211:305–322. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2017.04.051
Tesh SJ, Scott TB (2014) Nano-composites for water remediation: a review. Adv Mater
26:6056–6068. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201401376
Thatai S, Khurana P, Boken J, Prasad S, Kumar D (2014) Nanoparticles and core–shell
nanocomposite based new generation water remediation materials and analytical techniques: a
review. Microchem J 116:62–76. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.microc.2014.04.001
Thibert A, Frame FA, Busby E, Holmes MA, Osterloh FE, Larsen DS (2011) Sequestering highenergy electrons to facilitate photocatalytic hydrogen generation in CdSe/CdS nanocrystals. J
Phys Chem Lett 2:2688–2694. https://doi.org/10.1021/jz2013193
Thuy UTD, Liem NQ, Parlett CM, Lalev GM, Wilson K (2014) Synthesis of CuS and CuS/ZnS
core/shell nanocrystals for photocatalytic degradation of dyes under visible light. Catal
Commun 44:62–67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catcom.2013.07.030
216
J. Nimita Jebaranjitham et al.