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. 2023 Jan 27;3(2):103–129. doi: 10.1021/acsnanoscienceau.2c00058

Table 2. Summary of Sonophotocatalytic Degradation Experiments Reviewed in This Article.

Nanocatalyst Light source Ultrasonic source Model pollutant Reaction time Catalytic performance Reference
TiO2 UV light, 400 W 80 kHz, 120 W Olive mill wastewater 120 min 100% toxicity removal (45)
Sheet-like ZnO UV light, 300W 40 kHz, 200 W Methyl orange 100 min ∼80% (46)
TiO2/CuO/graphene UV–C, 80 W 40 kHz, 150 W Methylene blue 60 min 100% (51)
TiO2/CuO/graphene Xe lamp, 40 W 40 kHz, 150 W Methylene blue 80 min 100% (51)
ZnIn2S4 nanostars (NU@ZIS20) 300 W halogen lamp 20 kHz, 200 W Tetracycline 35 min 99% (52)
N, Cu, codoped TiO2 functionalized CNT Xe lamp, 200 W 400W Sulfamethoxazole 60 min 100% (53)
Zn–Cu–Mg-mixed metal hydroxide/g-C3N4 Visible LED lamp, 15 W 40 kHz, 300 W Sulfadiazine 200 min 93% COD removal (54)
Fe-doped TiO2 Mercury lamp, 30 W 37 kHz, 100 W Diazinon 100 min 85% (20)
Fe-doped TiO2, H2O2 assisted reaction UV light, 24 W 50 kHz, 296 W Paracetamol 30 min 100% (16)
Ag-doped h-MoO3 nanorods Sunlight, 1205 W 100 W Methylene blue 90 min 98.8% (61)
N-doped TiO2 UV lamp, 300 W 20 kHz, 750 W 4-acetamidophenol 180 min 91% (62)
Sm-doped TiO2 UV lamp, 300 W 20 kHz, 750 W 4-acetamidophenol 180 min 87% (62)
N-doped ZnO N/A 40 kHz, 200 W Nigrosine 90 min 92% (64)
MoS2/C peroxymonosulfate assisted reaction Visible light, high-pressure Xe-lamp 40 kHz Levofloxacin 80 min 100% (19)
MgO@CNT UV lamp, 150 W 24 kHz Sulfadiazine 80 min 100% (10)
MgO@zeolite UVA, 24 W 24 W/cm2 Textile wastewater sample 240 min 78% COD removal (66)
WO3/CNT Visible light, 300 W/m2 24 kHz Tetracycline 60 min 100% (71)
ZnO/CuO 400 W solar simulator 80 kHz, 60 W Parathion 60 min 100% (74)
FeVO4@BiOCl, H2O2 assisted reaction UV lamp, 8 W 20 kHz, 125 W p-nitrophenol 50 min 100% (75)
ZnO/ZnS nanotube 500 W Hg-lamp N/A Methylene blue 50 min 63.3% (76)
N/Ti3+ codoped TiO2/Bi2WO6 500 W xenon lamp 35 kHz, 180 W Methylene blue 50 min 98% (17)
CuO–TiO2/rGO UV light 40 kHz Methyl orange 90 min 99% (83)
Fe-doped Bi2O3 + Ar bubbling assisted reaction UV–C lamp, 4 W 37 kHz Basic brown 1 42 min 99% (85)
C–N codoped black TiO2 H2O2 assisted reaction Visible light, 500 W 30 kHz Palm oil mill effluent 60 min 75.48% (60)
FeVO4@CeO2 H2O2 assisted reaction UV light 20 kHz, 125 W 4-nitrophenol 30 min 100% (96)
ZnO nanoparticle 150 W/m2 59 kHz Rhodamine B 10 min 100% (58)
Cu2O/MoS2/rGO 150 W, halogen lamp 40 kHz, 120 W Tetracycline 10 min 100% (97)
      Ciprofloxacin 75 min 94%  
CeO2–ZrO2@MoS2 Visible light, 250 W 40 and 970 kHz, 0–600 W Naproxen 40 min 96% (98)
CdS nanorods Blue LED light, 150 W/m2 700 W Klebsiella pneumonia bacteria 20 min 100% (106 CFU/mL) (120)
ZnO Visible light 40 kHz bath sonicator Shigella bacteria 120 min 100% (107 CFU/mL) (123)
Fe-doped ZnO       90 min 100% (107 CFU/mL)  
Fe-doped ZnO Sun light 40 kHz bath sonicator Salmonella bacteria 90 min 100% (107 CFU/mL) (124)