No Type of catalyst % of degradation Degradation time Reference
1 ZnO/CuO 90% 60 min (Maru et al., 2023)
2 CuO–ZnO (20%) 82% 105 min (Bekru et al., 2022)
3 0.08CrZn 85% 90 min (Zelekew, Fufa, Sabir,
& Duma, 2021)
4 CsLZnO-NPs 80% 240 min (Şendal, Üstün Özgür,
Gülen, & Technology,
2023)
5 ZnO-g-C3N4@PET 92% 120 min (Liu, Li, &
Technology, 2021)
6 Parthenium 55.69% 32 min (Nzilu et al., 2024)
hysterophorus-Mediated
ZnO
7 CeO2/ZnO 88% 210 min (Syed et al., 2020)
8 20% ZnO/Cu-DPA 87% 80min (Berehe et al., 2023)
9 Co-doped ZnO 62.6% 140 min (Vallejo et al., 2020)
10 Ag-Zn 85% 60 min (Idris et al., 2023)
11 Fe2O3/ZnO 79% 150 min (Ameen et al., 2023)
12 CuO–ZnO (10%) 93.4% 80 min This work
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