Pseudo-SILAR assisted unique synthesis of ZnO/Ag2O nanocomposites for improved photocatalytic and antibacterial performance without cytotoxic effect
- Title
- Pseudo-SILAR assisted unique synthesis of ZnO/Ag2O nanocomposites for improved photocatalytic and antibacterial performance without cytotoxic effect
- Author
- 박태주
- Issue Date
- 2020-10
- Publisher
- ELSEVIER
- Citation
- COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS, v. 603, Article no. 125200, 10pp
- Abstract
- The combination of silver (I) oxide (Ag2O) with zinc oxide (ZnO) evolves the magnificent response of composite for antimicrobial and photocatalytic applications concomitantly. A novel, cost-effective and facile wet-chemical recipe for developing ZnO/Ag2O nanocomposites is realized by customizing pseudo-successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction (p-SILAR) process. Quantitatively as well as qualitatively controlled Ag2O was deposited on flower-like ZnO, termed as ZnO NFs, by carrying out 1-4 cycles of customized p-SILAR. It was affirmed that the cationic adsorption of Ag+ from AgNO3 solution instigates the formation of Ag2O over ZnO NFs via a simple heat-treatment process. Followed by the customary material characterizations including SEM, TEM, XPS etc., the ZnO/Ag2O nanocomposites were tested for controlling the toxic organic dye (Rhodamine B) and harmful bacterial species i.e. E. coli and B. subtilis. A significant increase in the photocatalytic performance of ZnO NFs under ultra-violet (UV) as well as visible (vis) irradiation was obtained by incorporating 2 cycles of Ag2O deposition. Consequently, the degradation rate constant of optimal ZnO/Ag2O-2C was increased to 0.1077 and 0.0104 from 0.0235 and 0.0011 min(-1), under UV and vis light respectively. Similarly, ZnO/Ag2O evolved a significant increase in the inhibition zones without exhibiting a considerable decrease in the cell viability of HepG2, which further avowed the bio-compatibility of ZnO NFs having Ag2O.
- URI
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0927775720307937https://repository.hanyang.ac.kr/handle/20.500.11754/165334
- ISSN
- 0927-7757
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2020.125200
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- COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING SCIENCES[E](공학대학) > MATERIALS SCIENCE AND CHEMICAL ENGINEERING(재료화학공학과) > Articles
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