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Ag/ZnO nanocomposite for effective dye degradation in presence of sunlight and antibacterial activity

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Title Ag/ZnO nanocomposite for effective dye degradation in presence of sunlight and antibacterial activity
 
Creator G, Gnanamani Simiyon
T, Mary Vergheese
 
Subject Dye degradation
Environment remediation
Photocatalysis
Plasmonic catalyst
 
Description 766-770
In recent years search for efficient material to detoxify the environment has received great interest. Nanomaterials
made up of transition metal oxide proved to be promising material for future owing to their extraordinary physical,
chemical, and electronic properties. Among the different metal oxides, zinc oxide (ZnO) with wide band, good
photostability, easy to prepare and low cost make it a viable source to remediate the environment. Addition of plasmonic
structure to ZnO inhibits the charge carrier recombination and aids to absorb visible light. In this work, Ag/ZnO
nanocomposites have been prepared using thermal method and characterized using X-ray diffraction, diffuse reflectance
spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive analysis. Photocatalytic studies under sunlight to degrade
methylene blue dye indicates the ability of synthesized material that can be utilized to treat dye effluents. The synthesized
material has also shown good antibacterial activity.
 
Date 2022-11-21T10:50:29Z
2022-11-21T10:50:29Z
2022-11
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-0991 (Online); 0971-457X (Print)
http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/60863
https://doi.org/10.56042/ijct.v29i6.67343
 
Language en
 
Publisher NIScPR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJCT Vol.29(6) [November 2022]