Porous and Bifunctional ZnO-Hydroxyapatite Nanostructure for Photocatalytic Degradation of Paracetamol and Methylene Blue in Water

Subject Areas : Iranian Journal of Catalysis

Jihane Labrag ¹ , Chaimaa El Bekkali ² , Abdeladim Oulguidoum ³ , D. Robert ⁴ , Abdelaziz Laghzizil ⁵ , J. M. Nunzi ⁶

1 - Laboratory of Applied Chemistry of Materials, Faculty of Sciences, University of Mohammed V in Rabat, Av. Ibn Batouta, BP. 1014 Rabat, Morocco.
2 - Laboratory of Applied Chemistry of Materials, Faculty of Sciences, University of Mohammed V in Rabat, Av. Ibn Batouta, BP. 1014 Rabat, Morocco.
3 - Laboratory of Applied Chemistry of Materials, Faculty of Sciences, University of Mohammed V in Rabat, Av. Ibn Batouta, BP. 1014 Rabat, Morocco.
4 - Institut de Chimie et Procédés pour l'Energie, l'Environnement et la Santé (ICPEES), CNRS-UMR7515, Université de Lorraine, 12 rue Victor Demange, 57500, Saint-Avold, France.
5 - Laboratory of Applied Chemistry of Materials, Faculty of Sciences, University of Mohammed V in Rabat, Av. Ibn Batouta, BP. 1014 Rabat, Morocco.
6 - Department of Chemistry, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada

Received: 2021-07-31 Accepted : 2021-11-02 Published : 2021-12-01

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