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ArticleACS omega2019

Sunlight-Driven Combustion Synthesis of Defective Metal Oxide Nanostructures with Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity.

Abdo Hezam, K Namratha, Deepalekshmi Ponnamma, Q A Drmosh, Adel Morshed Nagi Saeed, Kishor Kumar Sadasivuni, Kullaiah Byrappa

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Article in ACS omega, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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  3. Microwave-Assisted Synthesis of ZnNanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors.

Abdo HezamCenter for Materials Science and Technology, University of Mysore, Vijnana Bhavan, Manasagangothiri, Mysuru 570006, India.
K NamrathaDOS in Earth Science, University of Mysore, Manasagangothiri, Mysuru 570006, India.
Deepalekshmi PonnammaCenter for Advanced Materials, Qatar University, P.O. Box 2713, Doha, Qatar.
Q A DrmoshCenter of Research Excellence in Nanotechnology, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia.
Adel Morshed Nagi SaeedDepartment of Polymer Science and Technology, Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering, JSS Science & Technology University, Mysuru 570006, India.
Kishor Kumar SadasivuniCenter for Advanced Materials, Qatar University, P.O. Box 2713, Doha, Qatar.
Kullaiah ByrappaAdichunchanagiri University, N.H. 75, B. G. Nagara, Mandya, 571448, India.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Synthesis of metal oxide nanostructures through combustion routes is a promising technique owing to its simplicity, rapidity, scalability, and cost-effectiveness. Herein, a sunlight-driven combustion approach is developed to synthesize pristine metal oxides and their heterostructures. Sunlight, a sustainable energy source, is used not only to initiate the combustion reaction but also to create oxygen vacancies on the metal oxide surface. ZnO nanostructures are successfully synthesized using this novel approach, and the products exhibit higher photocatalytic activity in the decomposition of methyl orange (MO) than ZnO nanostructures synthesized by the conventional methods. The higher photocatalytic activity is due to the narrower band gap, higher porosity, smaller and more uniform particle size, surface oxygen vacancies, as well as the enhanced exciton dissociation efficiency induced by the sunlight. Porous Fe

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