Optimal Design of Copper-Doped ZnO Heterostructures for Photocatalytic and Photoeletrochemical Performance: A Combined Experimental and DFT Study
at the onset potential of 0.60 V vs Ag/AgCl (1.21 V vs RHE), which is four times superior to that of bare ZnO. As an application, a complete photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue dye was observed by the optimal sample, attributed to synergy between ZnO and CuO, induced by appropriate Cu-doping.
Authors
- Ahmad Ostovari Moghaddam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5316-3773)
- Riu Riu Wary (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2404-2470)
- Abinash Das (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7715-2617)
- Sandip Paul Choudhury (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1905-3359)
- Elena A. Kazakova (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9382-3799)
- Barnali Mahato
- Andrey S. Vasenko (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2978-8650)
- Oleg V. Prezhdo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5140-7500)
- Neha Sharma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-1450-1842)
Institutions
- National Research University Higher School of Economics (RU)
- Saint Petersburg State University of Aerospace and Instrumentation (RU)
- Sechenov University (RU)
- JECRC University (IN)
- Roland Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (IN)
- Institute for Biological Instrumentation (RU)
- Department of Physics, Mathematics and Informatics (BY)
- Amity University (AE)
- PSG Institute of Advanced Studies (IN)
- Donostia International Physics Center (ES)
- Indian Institute of Science Bangalore (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
- Published
- 2026-04-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.6c00528
- Primary Topic
- Copper-based nanomaterials and applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- U.S. Department of Energy
- National Research University Higher School of Economics
- UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research, University Grants Commission