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of aniline in water over TiO2 supported on porous nickel. J Photochem Photobiol A Chem
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Xia Y, Wang J, Chen R, Zhou D, Xiang L (2016) A review on the fabrication of hierarchical ZnO
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Yu H, Liu R, Wang X, Wang P, Yu J (2012) Enhanced visible-light photocatalytic activity of
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org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2011.10.015
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Zhang H, Zhao L, Geng F, Guo L-H, Wan B, Yang Y (2016a) Carbon dots decorated graphitic
carbon nitride as an efficient metal-free photocatalyst for phenol degradation. Appl Catal B
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for water purification by unique sandwich-like MXene/magnetic iron oxide nanocomposites.
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Photocatalytic hydrogen generation efficiencies in one-dimensional CdSe heterostructures. J
Phys Chem Lett 3:3234–3240. https://doi.org/10.1021/jz301628b
Torres-Martínez CL, Kho R, Mian OI, Mehra RK (2001) Efficient photocatalytic degradation of
environmental pollutants with mass-produced ZnS nanocrystals. J Colloid Interface Sci
240:525–532. https://doi.org/10.1006/jcis.2001.7684
Umar M, Aziz HA (2013) Photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants in water. In: Organic
pollutants-monitoring, risk and treatment. InTech. https://doi.org/10.5772/53699
Upadhyay RK, Soin N, Roy SS (2014) Role of graphene/metal oxide composites as photocatalysts,
adsorbents and disinfectants in water treatment: a review. RSC Adv 4:3823–3851. https://doi.
org/10.1039/C3RA45013A
Wang TC, Lu N, Li J, Wu Y (2011) Plasma-TiO2 catalytic method for high-efficiency remediation
of p-nitrophenol contaminated soil in pulsed discharge. Environ Sci Technol 45:9301–9307.
https://doi.org/10.1021/es2014314
Wang J et al (2012) Highly efficient oxidation of gaseous benzene on novel Ag3VO4/TiO2
nanocomposite photocatalysts under visible and simulated solar light irradiation. J Phys Chem
C 116:13935–13943. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp301355q
Wang D, Hisatomi T, Takata T, Pan C, Katayama M, Kubota J, Domen K (2013) Core/Shell
photocatalyst with spatially separated co-catalysts for efficient reduction and oxidation of water.
Angew Chem Int Ed 52:11252–11256. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201303693
Wenhua L, Hong L, Sao’an C, Jianqing Z, Chunan C (2000) Kinetics of photocatalytic degradation
of aniline in water over TiO2 supported on porous nickel. J Photochem Photobiol A Chem
131:125–132. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1010-6030(99)00232-4
Xia Y, Wang J, Chen R, Zhou D, Xiang L (2016) A review on the fabrication of hierarchical ZnO
nanostructures for photocatalysis application. Crystals 6:148. https://doi.org/10.3390/
cryst6110148
Yu H, Liu R, Wang X, Wang P, Yu J (2012) Enhanced visible-light photocatalytic activity of
Bi2WO6 nanoparticles by Ag2O cocatalyst. Appl Catal B Environ 111:326–333. https://doi.
org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2011.10.015
Zhang D et al (2010) Carbon-stabilized iron nanoparticles for environmental remediation. Nanoscale 2:917–919. https://doi.org/10.1039/C0NR00065E
Zhang H, Zhao L, Geng F, Guo L-H, Wan B, Yang Y (2016a) Carbon dots decorated graphitic
carbon nitride as an efficient metal-free photocatalyst for phenol degradation. Appl Catal B
Environ 180:656–662. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2019.04.027
Zhang Q, Teng J, Zou G, Peng Q, Du Q, Jiao T, Xiang J (2016b) Efficient phosphate sequestration
for water purification by unique sandwich-like MXene/magnetic iron oxide nanocomposites.
Nanoscale 8:7085–7093. https://doi.org/10.1039/C5NR09303A
Zhu Q, Tao F, Pan Q (2010) Fast and selective removal of oils from water surface via highly
hydrophobic coreÀ shell Fe2O3@ C nanoparticles under magnetic field. ACS Appl Mater
Interfaces 2:3141–3146. https://doi.org/10.1021/am1006194
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