Solar-driven plasmon-enhanced photocatalysis: Co²⁺-doped ZnFe₂O₄ nanospheres-embedded ZnO nanosheets for effective degradation of dyes and antibiotics.

ABSTRACT: To ensure sustainable management and the availability of water and sanitation for all, a UN sustainable development goal (SDG) focused on promising methods to eliminate aqueous pollutants is urgently required. In this regard, solar photocatalysis, driven by freely available sunlight using low-cost, reusable photocatalysts, is a promising approach. In this context, we present a novel full-solar-spectrum photocatalyst with promising efficiency attributed to its laddered heterojunction and Ag-based plasmon enhanced activity. Specifically, it comprised Co²⁺-doped zinc-ferrite nanoparticles embedded on zinc oxide sheets that were later conformally coated with a small weight fraction (2.5%) of Ag under sunlight. The photocatalyst was optimized for different synthesis methods, post-syn

SUBMITTER: Lopis AD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11788670 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature