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Taccardi, Nicola |
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Petrov, R. H. | Madrid |
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Alshaaer, Mazen | Brussels |
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Casati, R. |
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Muller, Hermance |
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Kočí, Jan | Prague |
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Kalteremidou, Kalliopi-Artemi | Brussels |
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Ali, M. A. |
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Qamar, Muhammad Azam
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- 2024Sunlight-active, S-g-C3N4 boosts Ni-doped ZnFe2O4 photocatalysts for efficient organic pollutants degradationcitations
- 2024Fabrication and photocatalytic evaluation of Cr-doped-ZnO/S-g-C3N4 nanocompositecitations
- 2024Harnessing solar power for enhanced photocatalytic degradation of coloured pollutants using novel Mg-doped-ZnFe2O4/S@g-C3N4 heterojunctioncitations
- 2023Synthesis of Mn-Doped ZnO Nanoparticles and Their Application in the Transesterification of Castor Oil
- 2022Fabrication of Cr-ZnFe2O4/S-g-C3N4 Heterojunction Enriched Charge Separation for Sunlight Responsive Photocatalytic Performance and Antibacterial Studycitations
- 2022Synthesis of Cu-ZnO/Polyacrylic Acid Hydrogel as Visible-Light-Driven Photocatalyst for Organic Pollutant Degradationcitations
- 2022Integration of Mn-ZnFe2O4 with S-g-C3N4 for Boosting Spatial Charge Generation and Separation as an Efficient Photocatalystcitations
- 2022Dye degradation study by incorporating Cu-doped ZnO photocatalyst into polyacrylamide microgelcitations
- 2021Designing of highly active g-C3N4/Co@ZnO ternary nanocomposites for the disinfection of pathogens and degradation of the organic pollutants from wastewater under visible lightcitations
- 2021Designing highly potential photocatalytic comprising silver deposited ZnO NPs with sulfurized graphitic carbon nitride (Ag/ZnO/S-g-C3N4) ternary compositecitations
- 2021Synthesis of novel ternary hybrid g-C3N4@Ag-ZnO nanocomposite with Z-scheme enhanced solar light-driven methylene blue degradation and antibacterial activitiescitations
- 2021Fabricated novel g-C3N4/Mn doped ZnO nanocomposite as highly active photocatalyst for the disinfection of pathogens and degradation of the organic pollutants from wastewater under sunlight radiationscitations
- 2021Critical role of the heterojunction interface of silver decorated ZnO nanocomposite with sulfurized graphitic carbon nitride heterostructure materials for photocatalytic applicationscitations
- 2021Designing of highly active g-C3N4/Ni-ZnO photocatalyst nanocomposite for the disinfection and degradation of the organic dye under sunlight radiationscitations
- 2021Designing of highly active g-C3N4/Sn doped ZnO heterostructure as a photocatalyst for the disinfection and degradation of the organic pollutants under visible light irradiationcitations
- 2020Highly efficient g-C3N4/Cr-ZnO nanocomposites with superior photocatalytic and antibacterial activitycitations
- 2020Controlled synthesis of Ag-doped CuO nanoparticles as a core with poly(acrylic acid) microgel shell for efficient removal of methylene blue under visible lightcitations
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Synthesis of novel ternary hybrid g-C3N4@Ag-ZnO nanocomposite with Z-scheme enhanced solar light-driven methylene blue degradation and antibacterial activities
Abstract
We herein report the facile synthesis of ternary hybrid g-C<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub>@Ag-ZnO nanocomposites (NCs) via a simple physical mixing method. The synthesized g-C<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub>@Ag-ZnO NCs were successfully characterized using different spectroscopic techniques such as X-Ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscope (SEM), transmission electron microscope (TEM), energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR), UV-Visible (UV-Vis), steady-state photoluminescence (PL), and electron spin resonance (ESR). Antibacterial performance of the synthesized NCs was evaluated using agar well diffusion assay against <i>Escherichia coli</i>, <i>Bacillus subtilis</i>, <i>Streptococcus salivarius</i>, and <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>. Moreover, the photocatalytic activity was determined against methylene blue (MB) dye under sunlight irradiation. Results demonstrated that the ternary hybrid g-C<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub>@Ag-ZnO NCs showed an excellent Z-scheme photocatalytic degradation of MB and significant antibacterial performance against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria as compared to Ag-ZnO nanoparticles (NPs), g-C<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub> nanosheets (NSs), g-C<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub>@ZnO NCs and (5%, 10%, 25%, 50%, 60%, and 75%) g-C<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub>@Ag-ZnO NCs. Moreover, the ternary hybrid g-C<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub>@Ag-ZnO NCs exhibited tremendous stability and recyclability with a high degree of photocatalytic MB degradation for ten successive catalytic cycles. ESR experiment further revealed that the superoxide (<sup>.</sup>O<sub>2</sub><sup>-</sup>) and hydroxyl (<sup>.</sup>OH) radicals were the leading species liable for MB deterioration. The superior photocatalytic activity and exceptionally improved antibacterial performance of the ternary hybrid g-C<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub>@Ag-ZnO NCs attributed to the interface's synergic effect developed between Ag-ZnO NPs and g-C<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub> NSs. Hence, our current study recommends that the synthesized ternary hybrid g-C<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub>@Ag-ZnO NCs could prove a valuable photocatalytic system for the degradation of organic pollutants and disinfectant for destroying the pathogenic bacterial species from wastewater.