Complex carbon nanotube-inorganic hybrid materials as next-generation photocatalysts

► Hybridizing inorganic materials with CNTs greatly improves photocatalytic performance. ► Improvement due to synergistic effects through interfacial charge transfer processes. ► Interfacial heat transfer in hybrids stabilizes small TS-1 zeolite particles on carbon nanotubes. ► CNT-hybrid exhibit a higher photodegradation activity and selectivity than nano-composites.