Plant-mediated synthesis of zinc oxide and copper oxide nanoparticles by using ferulago angulata (schlecht) boiss extract and comparison of their photocatalytic degradation of Rhodamine B (RhB) under visible light irradiation

In this work, we have reported, a cost effective and environment friendly technique for the synthesis of ZnO and CuO nanoparticles using ferulago angulata (schlecht) boiss extract as a mild and non-toxic reducing agent and efficient stabilizer without adding any surfactants. The secondary metabolite...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published inJournal of materials science. Materials in electronics Vol. 29; no. 2; pp. 1333 - 1340
Main Authors Shayegan Mehr, Ebrahim, Sorbiun, Mina, Ramazani, Ali, Taghavi Fardood, Saeid
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Springer US 01.01.2018
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Catalysis
Characterization and Evaluation of Materials
Chemistry and Materials Science
Contaminants
Copper oxides
Electron microscopy
Environmental monitoring
Field emission microscopy
Fluorescence
Fourier transforms
Light irradiation
Materials Science
Metabolites
Nanoparticles
Optical and Electronic Materials
Photocatalysis
Photodegradation
Rhodamine
Synthesis
X-ray diffraction
Zinc oxide
Zinc oxides
Online AccessGet full text

Cover

More Information
Summary:In this work, we have reported, a cost effective and environment friendly technique for the synthesis of ZnO and CuO nanoparticles using ferulago angulata (schlecht) boiss extract as a mild and non-toxic reducing agent and efficient stabilizer without adding any surfactants. The secondary metabolites, ubiquitously found in plants have a significant role in synthesis of nanoparticles. As-synthesized metal oxides nanoparticles were characterized by X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, field emission-scanning electron microscopy. X-ray diffraction results revealed that the biosynthesized ZnO NPs and CuO NPs were crystalline in nature with higher purity and particle size of ~ 44 nm. In addition, the photocatalytic degradation activity of ZnO and CuO photocatalyst were evaluated using Rhodamine B as organic contaminant irradiated only with visible light from fluorescent lamp. Catalytic reactions were monitored by using UV–Vis spectrophotometer. This study indicates photocatalytic degradation capacity of the ZnO NPs was higher than CuO NPs.
Bibliography:ObjectType-Article-1
SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1
ObjectType-Feature-2
content type line 14
ISSN:0957-4522
1573-482X
DOI:10.1007/s10854-017-8039-3