1. Home
    2. Journals
    3. Bulletin of Materials Science
    4. Volume 45
    5. All articles

    • Fulltext

       

        Click here to view fulltext PDF


      Permanent link:
      https://www.ias.ac.in/article/fulltext/boms/045/0075

    • Keywords

       

      Lysozyme; optical bandgap; organic dyes; photocatalytic degradation; zinc oxide.

    • Abstract

       

      Lysozyme-mediated zinc oxide nanoparticles (LZ NPs) and zinc oxide nanoparticles (Z NPs) were synthesized by a simple wet chemical route for a comparative study of photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants. We used X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, zeta potential measurement, field-emission scanning electron microscopy and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy to characterize the synthesized LZ and Z NPs.The synthesized NPs were utilized for photocatalytic degradation of malachite green (MG) and methylene blue (MB) dyes under UV-light irradiation. The photocatalytic performance showed that LZ NPs exhibited 96.80 and 94.03% degradation of MG and MB dyes in 120 min, respectively. Meanwhile, relatively low photocatalytic degradation efficiency 88.60 and 87.02% were observed with Z NPs for MG and MB dyes in 120 min, respectively. Our results showed enhanced photodegradation activity of the newly synthesized LZ NPs compared to that of Z NPs.

    • Author Affiliations

       

      DEEPENDRA DAS MULMI1 RAJU BHATTARAI2 RAM BAHADUR THAPA2 RASHMI KOJU3 MIM LAL NAKARMI4

      1. Nanomaterials Research Laboratory, Nepal Academy of Science and Technology, Lalitpur 44700, Nepal
      2. Department of Physics, Patan Multiple Campus, Tribhuvan University, Lalitpur 44700, Nepal
      3. Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
      4. Department of Physics, Brooklyn College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, Brooklyn, New York 11210, USA

    • Dates

       
      Published
      25 April 2022
      Manuscript received
      7 July 2021
      Accepted
      16 December 2021
      Final version published online
      25 April 2022

  • Bulletin of Materials Science | News

    • Dr Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar for Science and Technology

      Posted on October 12, 2020

      Prof. Subi Jacob George — Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Jakkur, Bengaluru
      Chemical Sciences 2020

      Prof. Surajit Dhara — School of Physics, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad
      Physical Sciences 2020

    • Editorial Note on Continuous Article Publication

      Posted on July 25, 2019

      Click here for Editorial Note on CAP Mode

© 2022-2023 Indian Academy of Sciences, Bengaluru.

Contact | Site index