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http://dx.doi.org/10.12989/amr.2022.11.3.225

Synthesis, characterization and potential applications of Ag@ZnO nanocomposites with S@g-C3N4  

Ahmad, Naveed (Department of Chemistry, University of Management and Technology)
Javed, Mohsin (Department of Chemistry, University of Management and Technology)
Qamar, Muhammad A. (Department of Chemistry, University of Management and Technology)
Kiran, Umbreen (Department of Chemistry, University of Management and Technology)
Shahid, Sammia (Department of Chemistry, University of Management and Technology)
Akbar, Muhammad B. (National Center for Nanoscience Technology (NCNST))
Sher, Mudassar (Department of Chemistry, University of Management and Technology)
Amjad, Adnan (Department of Chemistry, University of Management and Technology)
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Advances in materials Research / v.11, no.3, 2022 , pp. 225-235 More about this Journal
Abstract
It includes the synthesis of pristine ZnO nanoparticles and a series of Ag-doped zinc oxide nanoparticles was carried out by reflux method by varying the amount of silver (1, 3, 5, 7 and 9% by mol.). The morphology of these nanoparticles was investigated by SEM, XRD and FT-IR techniques. These techniques show that synthesized particles are homogenous spherical nanoparticles having an average particle size of about 50-100 nm along with some agglomeration. The photocatalytic activity of the ZnO nanoparticles and Ag doped ZnO nanoparticles were investigated via photodegradation of methylene blue (MB) as a standard dye. The data from the photocatalytic activity of these nanoparticles show that 7% Ag-doped ZnO nanoparticles exhibit much enhanced photocatalytic activity as compared to pristine ZnO nanoparticles and other percentages of Ag-doped ZnO nanoparticles. Furthermore, 7% Ag-doped ZnO was made composites with sulfur-doped graphitic carbon nitride by physical mixing method and a series of nanocomposites were made (3.5, 7.5, 25, 50, 75% by weight). It was observed that the 25% composites exhibited better photocatalytic performance than pristine S-g-C 3 N 4 and pure 7% Ag-doped ZnO. Tauc's plot also supports the photodegradation results.
Keywords
composites; nanoparticles; photocatalytic activity; photodegradation; $S-g-C_3N_4$; ZnO;
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