The present investigation focused on the photocatalytic degradation of acetamiprid in aqueous solutions under visible light over bare ZnO as well as N- and N-GO-doped photocatalysts. The synthesised materials were characterised using SEM, TEM, XRD, nitrogen sorption, photoluminescence, UV-Vis, FTIR and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy techniques. The obtained results pointed out the high photocatalytic performances of the N-GO-ZnO allowing complete degradation of the acetamiprid after 5 hours of reaction at ambient temperature. Under otherwise the same operating conditions, 12, 38 and 68% conversion were reached in the absence of any photocatalyst, over the bare ZnO and N-doped ZnO materials, respectively.
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