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- Title
Green synthesis of V<sub>2</sub>O<sub>5</sub>/ZnO nanocomposite materials for efficient photocatalytic and anti-bacterial applications.
- Authors
Ganesan, Sivarasan; Gurunathan, Revathi; Pasupuleti, Ragavendra Rao; Dahms, Hans-Uwe; Arul Pragasan, Lingussamy; SenthilKannan, K.; Ponnusamy, Vinoth Kumar
- Abstract
This work describes novel V2O5/ZnO hetero-structured nanomaterials providing efficient photocatalytic activities at different composite ratios (0.1:1, 1:1, 1:2, and 1:3, w/w). The V2O5/ZnO nanocomposites were prepared by a facile physico-chemical synthesis using V2O5 with ZnO through a high-energy ball miller technique. The 1:1 ratio of V2O5/ZnO nanohybrid composition material showed maximum potential (99.9% of methylene blue color removal) in activating reactive hydroxyls from aqueous solutions for organic pollutant degradation. Moreover, the 1:1 ratio of V2O5/ZnO nanomaterial also showed high bacterial resistance and exhibited enhanced activity for killing a pathogenic bacterium (Staphylococcus aureus). The minimum inhibitory concentration by microdilution method for 1:1 ratio of V2O5/ZnO composite was 400 µg/mL. The experimental results proved that the developed physiochemical approach is a simple, low-cost, green methodology for synthesizing heterogenous V2O5/ZnO nanohybrid composite materials for environmental remediation and anti-microbial applications.
- Subjects
NANOCOMPOSITE materials; COLOR removal in water purification; METHYLENE blue; DRUG resistance in bacteria; ENVIRONMENTAL remediation
- Publication
Applied Nanoscience, 2023, Vol 13, Issue 1, p859
- ISSN
2190-5509
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s13204-021-01923-3