Compared studies with previous researchers for the investigation of photocatalysis property under different conditions.

Experiment name	Illumination/time (min)	Reduction in degradation%	Dyes	Ref.
TiO2@CNF3	UV lamp/300	14.8	Rho-B	Present work
Pristine TiO2	UV lamp/300	95	Rho-B	Present work
Silica–ZnO	Xenon lam/100	39	Rho-B	47
Silica–ZnO	Xenon lamp/100	42	MB	48
Silica–ZnO	Xenon lamp/150	45.9	Rho-B	49
PVP–silica@ZnO	Xenon lamp/120	45.4	Rho-B	50
PVP-capped ZnO	—	36.6	Rho-B	51
2 : 1 CHI/TiO2	UV lamp/120	60.5	CV	52
2 : 1 CHI/TiO2	UV lamp/120	41.7	CV	52
TiO2@Y2O3(10 wt%)	UV lamp/30	36.4	CV	53
TiO2@Y2O3(5 wt%)	UV lamp/30	47.5	CV	53
Sg1 and SV1	Xenon lamp/30	40–30	Rho-B	54
6 wt% Mn–ZnO	UV lamp/210	36	MB	55
2 wt% Mn–ZnO	UV lamp/210	47	MB	55