Enhancement of Photocatalytic and Antibacterial Activities of ZnO：Ag Nanopowders Through the Addition of Bamboo Charcoal： An Efficient Natural Adsorbent

作     者：K. Nithiyadevi K. Ravichandran 

作者机构：PG Research and Department of Physics AVVM Sri Pushpam College (Autonomous) Poondi Thanjavur Tamil Nadu 613 503 India Department of Physics Bharathidasan University Constituent College (Women) Orathanadu Tamil Nadu 614 625 India 

出 版 物：《Acta Metallurgica Sinica(English Letters)》 (金属学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2017年第30卷第12期

页      面：1249-1256页

核心收录：

学科分类：081702[工学-化学工艺] 07[理学] 070205[理学-凝聚态物理] 08[工学] 0817[工学-化学工程与技术] 0806[工学-冶金工程] 0807[工学-动力工程及工程热物理] 0805[工学-材料科学与工程（可授工学、理学学位）] 0802[工学-机械工程] 0703[理学-化学] 0811[工学-控制科学与工程] 0702[理学-物理学] 

基　　金：Financial support from the Department of Science and Technology-Science and Engineering Research Board (DST-SERB) India through the research scheme (EMR/2016/ 003326) 

主　　题：Bamboo charcoal Adsorbent ZnO Photocatalysis Antibacterial 

摘      要：This research article explains the removal of methylene blue （MB） and malachite green （MG） from aqueous solution using adsorption/photodegradation activity of ZnO：Ag/bamboo charcoal （BC） nanocomposite. In addition, the antibacterial studies of the prepared samples were tested against Staphylococcus aureus （S. aureus） Gram-positive and Escherichia coli （E. coli） Gram-negative bacteria by the well diffusion method. The ZnO：Ag/BC nanocomposite exhibits superior photocatalytic activity compared with ZnO：Ag. Remarkable degradation efficiencies of 93.95% （MB） and 95.75% （MG） were recorded for ZnO：Ag/BC nanocomposite after 45 min. The degradation process follows a pseudo-first-order kinetics. The rate constant of ZnO：Ag/BC nanocomposite is two times greater than that of pristine ZnO nanopowder for the degradation of MB dye, while for MG dye degradation, it is three times. It is found that the ZnO：Ag/BC nanocomposite shows a higher rate of dye removal due to excellent adsorbing properties of bamboo charcoal （BC）. The ZnO：Ag/BC nanocomposite showed better antibacterial properties compared to ZnO：Ag. In this study, the samples were prepared using a simple and low-cost soft chemical route and they were characterized by optical, structural, surface morphological, antibacterial and photocatalytic properties. These characterization studies substantiate the discussions on the photocatalytic and antibacterial activities of the synthesized samples.