A Review of Graphene-Tio and Graphene-Zno Nanocomposite Photocatalysts For Wastewater Treatment
A Review of Graphene-Tio and Graphene-Zno Nanocomposite Photocatalysts For Wastewater Treatment
A Review of Graphene-Tio and Graphene-Zno Nanocomposite Photocatalysts For Wastewater Treatment
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Abstract
Technologies for wastewater remediation have been growing ever since the environmental and health
concern is realized. Development of nanomaterials has enabled mankind to have different methods to
treat the various kinds of inorganic and organic pollutants present in wastewater from many resources.
Among the many materials, semiconductor materials have found many environmental applications due to
their outstanding photocatalytic activities. TiO2 and ZnO are more effectively used as photocatalyst or
adsorbents in the withdrawal of inorganic as well as organic wastes from the wastewater. On the other
hand, graphene is tremendously being investigated for applications in environmental remediation in view
of the superior physical, optical, thermal, and electronic properties of graphene nanocomposites. In this
work, graphene-TiO2 and graphene-ZnO nanocomposites have been reviewed for photocatalytic
wastewater treatment. The various preparation techniques of these nanocomposites have been
discussed. Also, different design strategies for graphene-based photocatalyst have been revealed. These
nanocomposites exhibit promising applications in most of the water purification processes which are
reviewed in this work. Along with this, the development of these nanocomposites using biomass-derived
graphene has also been introduced.
Practitioner Points
Graphene-TiO2 and graphene-ZnO nanocomposites are effective for wastewater treatment through
photocatalysis.
These nanocomposite photocatalysts have been used in the form of membrane as well as
antibacterial agents.
Synthetic strategies and design considerations of graphene-based photocatalyst play a major role.
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https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/wer.1623 1/2