A5017314203- Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods
- Copper-based nanomaterials and applications
- Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems
- Membrane Separation Technologies
- Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
- Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties
- ZnO doping and properties
- Water Quality Monitoring Technologies
- Mercury impact and mitigation studies
- Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films
- Solar Radiation and Photovoltaics
- Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis
Virginia Commonwealth University
2018-2022
University of Richmond
2018
Highly efficient, flexible, low weight, and cost effective Plasmonic Functionalized Cotton (PFC) nanocomposites for efficient solar desalination wastewater purification.
Solar energy is the cleanest and most abundant renewable natural resource available. Materials for solar photothermal conversion are highly sought after their cost savings, clean environment, broad utility in providing water heating and/or steam many applications including domestic solar-driven desalination. Water desalination via generation considered one of important technologies to address increasing pressing global scarcity. The current thermal systems rely on use copper or aluminum...
This work reports the development of a fast and simple route for synthesis ZnO sea urchin (SU) nanostructures by formation assembly nanorods under favorable growth conditions in an aqueous solution. The thermal treatment basic zinc acetate solution ethanol results aggregated seed clusters consisting small nanorods, which were then grown precursor containing Zn(NO3)2·6H2O hexamethylenetetramine to assemble SU structures from anisotropic on surface clusters. Each nanoparticle grew sequentially...
Water desalination via solar steam generation is one of the most important technologies to address increasingly pressing global water scarcity. Materials for photothermal energy conversion are highly sought after their cost savings, environmental friendliness and broad utility in many applications including domestic heating solar-driven desalination. Herein, we report successful development metal-free, low weight effective functionalized carbonized cotton (CC) fibers efficient wastewater...