Ecofriendly Green Synthesis of the ZnO-Doped CuO@Alg Bionanocomposite for Efficient Oxidative Degradation of p-Nitrophenol.

ABSTRACT: In the present study, ecofriendly green synthesized ZnO/CuO nanorods were prepared by using the stabilizing and reducing characteristics of the alginate biopolymer. The bionanocomposite (BNC) material was characterized by various sophisticated analytical tools such as Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy-energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy, UV-visible spectroscopy, differential scanning calorimetry, and the Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) method. The composition of ZnO/CuO@Alg BNC was found to be C (16.16 ± 0.42%), O (42.26 ± 1.87%), Cu (31.96 ± 1.05%), and Zn (9.62 ± 0.48%), which also supports the approximate 3:1 ratio of Cu²⁺ and Zn²⁺ taken as the precursor. The nanocrystalline spin

SUBMITTER: Hasan I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7745445 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature