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- Title
Scallion Peel Mediated Synthesis of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles and Their Applications as Nano fertilizer and Photocatalyst for Removal of Organic Pollutants from Wastewater.
- Authors
Soltani, Soufiane; Gacem, Amel; Choudhary, Nisha; Yadav, Virendra Kumar; Alsaeedi, Huda; Modi, Shreya; Patel, Aradhana; Khan, Samreen Heena; Cabral-Pinto, Marina M. S.; Yadav, Krishna Kumar; Patel, Ashish
- Abstract
Nanotechnology and nanomaterials have gained much attention in recent years due to their remarkable features. Among nanoparticles, photocatalytic material, such as zinc oxide, have shown tremendous applications in each and every field of science. In the present research, investigators have synthesized zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnONPs) using Scallion's peel extract. ZnONPs were both spherical and rod-shaped, where the size for spherical particles was 40–100 nm and rod-shaped, particles size was more than 200 nm as confirmed by microscopic techniques. The typical trademark bands of ZnONPs at 400–800 cm−1 were revealed by infrared spectroscopy, which also showed bands of carbonyl and hydroxyl groups. The hydrodynamic size by particle size analyzer (PSA) shows a size near about 200 nm in diameter. Furthermore, the synthesized ZnONPs were used to assess their potential as a micronutrient for the plant and nano adsorbent for the removal of antibiotics (ampicillin) and methylene blue dye from the simulated wastewater. The antibiotic and dye removal were observed under UV light and visible light against contact time. In comparison to control seeds, seeds grown with ZnONPs have shown better germination and seedling. It could be concluded that ZnONPs acted as an important nanosized source of nutrition for agricultural applications. Thus, the effect of ZnONPs has been proven as a nano-based nutrient source for agricultural purposes. The remediation study found that remediation of both ampicillin and methylene blue dye was efficient under UV light under similar experimental parameters from the simulated wastewater by the ZnONPs.
- Subjects
ZINC oxide synthesis; POLLUTANTS; FERTILIZER application; SEWAGE; METHYLENE blue; DYES &; dyeing; NANOPARTICLES; ZINC oxide
- Publication
Water (20734441), 2023, Vol 15, Issue 9, p1672
- ISSN
2073-4441
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/w15091672