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Takeno M, Nobre FX, da Costa FF, Botelho do Nascimento MV, Pessoa Júnior WA, Araújo Júnior EA, Sousa GDS, de Sá ML, Gurgel RS, Albuquerque P, Matos JMD, Leyet Ruiz Y, Grandini CR. Solvent Effect on the Structural, Optical, Morphology, and Antimicrobial Activity of Silver Phosphate Microcrystals by Conventional Hydrothermal Method. ACS OMEGA 2024; 9:23069-23085. [PMID: 38826548 PMCID: PMC11137729 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.4c02943] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2024] [Revised: 04/26/2024] [Accepted: 05/08/2024] [Indexed: 06/04/2024]
Abstract
The design of particle size and morphology are a promising approach to investigating the properties exhibited by different types of materials. In the present study, the silver phosphate microcrystals (Ag3PO4) were first time synthesized using the hydrothermal and solvothermal method by combination of the solvents water/isopropyl alcohol (SP-IA), water/acetone (SP-AC), water/ammonium hydroxide (AP-AH), all in a ratio of 1:1 (v/v). The synthesized materials were structurally characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Rietveld refinement, and Raman vibrational spectroscopy, where it was confirmed that the pure phase was achieved for all prepared samples. The study of the optical properties by UV-vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (UV-vis/DRS) and colorimetry revealed that the obtained materials have an optical bandgap between 2.30 and 2.32 eV. The FE-SEM images collected revealed different morphologies for the synthesized materials, with a predominance of tetraploid-shaped microcrystals for the SP-AC sample, rods for the SP-IA sample, cubes and polyhedral for the SP-WT sample and condensed polyhedral for the SP-AH sample. The photocatalytic performance against the Rhodamine B dye (RhB) was 100%, 98.2%, 94.2%, and 87.8%, using the samples SP-AC, SP-IA, SP-WT, and SP-AH as photocatalyst at time of 12 min. On the other hand, the antimicrobial performance of SP-AC sample showed superior performance, resulting in the minimum inhibitory concentration-MIC of 7.81 μg mL-1 for the strain of E. coli, 7.81 μg mL-1 for the strain of E. aureus, 15.62 μg mL-1 for the strain of P. auruginosa, and 15.62 μg mL-1 for the strains of C. albicans. In this way, was synthesized a promissory antimicrobial and photocatalyst material, through an easy and cost-effective method.
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Affiliation(s)
- Mitsuo
Lopes Takeno
- Department
of Chemistry, Environment, and Food (DQA), Group of Energy Resources
and Nanomaterials (GREEN), Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Amazonas, Campus Manaus Centro, Manaus, 69020-120, AM Brazil
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- Department
of Chemistry, Environment, and Food (DQA), Group of Energy Resources
and Nanomaterials (GREEN), Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Amazonas, Campus Manaus Centro, Manaus, 69020-120, AM Brazil
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- Department
of Chemistry, Environment, and Food (DQA), Group of Energy Resources
and Nanomaterials (GREEN), Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Amazonas, Campus Manaus Centro, Manaus, 69020-120, AM Brazil
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- Department
of Chemistry, Environment, and Food (DQA), Group of Energy Resources
and Nanomaterials (GREEN), Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Amazonas, Campus Manaus Centro, Manaus, 69020-120, AM Brazil
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Gil Pessoa Júnior
- Department
of Chemistry, Environment, and Food (DQA), Group of Energy Resources
and Nanomaterials (GREEN), Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Amazonas, Campus Manaus Centro, Manaus, 69020-120, AM Brazil
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- Interdisciplinar
Laboratory of Advanced Materials-LIMAV, Federal University of Piauí-UFPI, Teresina, 64049-550 PI Brazil
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- Interdisciplinar
Laboratory of Advanced Materials-LIMAV, Federal University of Piauí-UFPI, Teresina, 64049-550 PI Brazil
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- Interdisciplinar
Laboratory of Advanced Materials-LIMAV, Federal University of Piauí-UFPI, Teresina, 64049-550 PI Brazil
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- Research
Group on Chemistry Applied to Technology, School of Technology, Amazonas State University, Manaus 69050-020, Brazil
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Melchionna Albuquerque
- Research
Group on Chemistry Applied to Technology, School of Technology, Amazonas State University, Manaus 69050-020, Brazil
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Elias de Matos
- Interdisciplinar
Laboratory of Advanced Materials-LIMAV, Federal University of Piauí-UFPI, Teresina, 64049-550 PI Brazil
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- Department
of Materials Engineering, Laboratory of Processing of Technological
Materials (LPMaT), Federal University of
Amazonas, Faculty of Technology, Rua Av. General Rodrigo Otávio Jordão Ramos, 1200,
Coroado I, Manaus, 69067-005, Brazil
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- Laboratório
de Anelasticidade e Biomateriais, UNESP−Universidade
Estadual Paulista, Bauru 17033-360, SP Brazil
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Parveen K, Rafique U, Jamil I, Ashraf A. Photodegradation of Rhodamine B using gallium hybrids as an efficient photocatalyst. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT 2023; 195:1106. [PMID: 37642762 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-023-11683-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2022] [Accepted: 08/07/2023] [Indexed: 08/31/2023]
Abstract
Keeping in view the toxicity of the Rhodamine B, the present study is designed to remediate the water loaded with toxic dyes using gallium oxide and gallium hybrids as photocatalyst. Precipitation coupled with sonochemical method is adopted for the synthesis of gallium oxide while the post grafting method is adopted for the synthesis of gallium hybrids with the indole and its derivatives. FTIR spectra showed the characteristic absorption bands of gallium oxide and gallium hybrids at 400-700 cm-1 and 1400-1600 cm-1. SEM and XRD showed the micro-sized rectangular rod-shaped gallium oxide with rhombohedral geometry. The average crystallite size of gallium hybrids was 26-32 nm calculated using the Debye Scherrer and Williamson-Hal models. The BET isotherm of gallium hybrids revealed the adsorption type-IV and hysteresis loop (H3) proposing multilayer and mesoporous structures with increase in surface area from 26 m2/g of gallium oxide to 31 m2/g of gallium-indole, 35 m2/g of gallium-methyl indole, and 37 m2/g of gallium-carboxylic indole. XPS showed the presence of gallium (3-14%), oxygen (28-32%), nitrogen (23-46%), and carbon (9-46%). The gallium oxide and gallium hybrids showed 47-72% optimum degradation of Rhodamine B under 2 h of illumination at pH 7 and 0.03 mg/L. The degradation rate followed a Langmuir-Hinshelwood model with R2 > 0.9.
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- Kousar Parveen
- Department of Environmental Sciences, The Women University Multan, Multan, 66000, Pakistan.
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Fatima Jinnah Women University, The Mall, Rawalpindi, 46000, Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Baltistan Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
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- School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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Balasurya S, Okla MK, AbdElgawad H, Al-Ghamdi AA, Abdel-Maksoud MA, Al-Amri SS, Madany MMY, Khan SS. Self-propelled nanojets an interfacial Schottky junctions modulated oxygen vacancies enriched for enhanced photo-Fenton degradation of organic contaminant: Improving H 2O 2 generation, Fe 3+/Fe 2+ cycle and enhancing plant metabolism. CHEMOSPHERE 2023; 314:137516. [PMID: 36521743 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.137516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2022] [Revised: 11/27/2022] [Accepted: 12/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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The study reports an innovative approach on sunlit driven heterostructure photocatalytic generation of H2O2 and removal of cefixime. In the present work, we have fabricated Mn/Mg doped CoFe2O4 modified CaCr2O4 decorated by Ag3PO4 quantum dots (Ag3PO4 QDs), a p-n-p nano heterojunction. The study promotes the photocatalytic production of H2O2 and self-Fenton photocatalytic degradation of cefixime. Egg white-assisted synthesis of Mn-doped CoFe2O4 causes the lattice oxygen defect, which enhances the photocatalytic activity. Lattice oxygen defect enable the adsorption of O2, which enable the conversion of •O2 in the valence band of CoFe2O4 for the endogenous production of H2O2. The higher in the surface area enhance the photocatalytic activity under visible light irradiation. Mn-CoFe2O4-CaCr2O4-Ag3PO4 QDs enables the complete photocatalytic degradation of cefixime (99.9%) and the complete removal was determined by total organic carbon (TOC) removal and it was around 99.4%. Meanwhile the photocatalytic degradation pathway of cefixime was determined by LC-MS/MS. Reusability of the nano heterojunction was determined by six cycle test, and the reusability of the nano heterojunction was 99.8%. Further, the toxicity of the nanomaterial was studied in maize plant and the results shows that the nanoheterojunction enhances the maize growth. The study systematically reveals the robust activity of nano heterojunction for sustainable water treatment.
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- S Balasurya
- Centre for Energy, Materials and Telecommunications, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Varennes, QC, Canada
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- Botany and Microbiology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Integrated Molecular Plant Physiology Research, Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, 2020, Antwerpen, Belgium
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- Botany and Microbiology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Integrated Molecular Plant Physiology Research, Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, 2020, Antwerpen, Belgium
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- Integrated Molecular Plant Physiology Research, Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, 2020, Antwerpen, Belgium
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, 12613, Egypt
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- Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences (SIMATS), Chennai, 600077, Tamil Nadu, India.
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Nooriha Najafabadi M, Ghanbari H, Naghizadeh R. Graphene/silver-based composites and coating on dead coral for degradation of organic pollution using the Z-scheme mechanism. RSC Adv 2021; 11:19890-19901. [PMID: 35479252 PMCID: PMC9033761 DOI: 10.1039/d1ra01239h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2021] [Accepted: 05/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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A high-performance photocatalytic nanocomposite consisting of silver phosphate-based particles with GO and RGO was synthesized by co-precipitation and hydrothermal methods. Ag3PO4 was prepared by a co-precipitation method. The as-prepared Ag3PO4 nanocomposites were characterized by different analyses. The results demonstrated that the Ag3PO4 particles were well dispersed on the graphene-based surfaces. The photocatalytic performance of the GO/RGO/Ag3PO4 nanocomposite was evaluated for the photodegradation of methylene blue (MB) under exposure to visible light (xenon lamp λ > 400 nm). The degradation rate was about 98% in 5 min. The enhancement in photocatalytic performance is attributed to the simultaneous presence of RGO and GO, which show significantly high absorption of organic molecules on the surface of GO/RGO, allowing the effective transfer and separation of photogenerated electrons. In addition, this modified structure can be in situ synthesized on dead coral structures that can be used in future real case-studies of the degradation of other organic pollutants. The ingredient of these composites, however, is about 93% Ag3PO4. A high-performance photocatalytic nanocomposite consisting of silver phosphate-based particles with GO and RGO was synthesized by co-precipitation and hydrothermal methods.![]()
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- Maedeh Nooriha Najafabadi
- School of Metallurgy & Materials Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST) Narmak Tehran Iran +98 21 73228823
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- School of Metallurgy & Materials Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST) Narmak Tehran Iran +98 21 73228823
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- School of Metallurgy & Materials Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST) Narmak Tehran Iran +98 21 73228823
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Di L, Yang H, Xian T, Chen X. Facile Synthesis and Enhanced Visible-Light Photocatalytic Activity of Novel p-Ag 3PO 4/n-BiFeO 3 Heterojunction Composites for Dye Degradation. NANOSCALE RESEARCH LETTERS 2018; 13:257. [PMID: 30159753 PMCID: PMC6115320 DOI: 10.1186/s11671-018-2671-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2018] [Accepted: 08/17/2018] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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In this work, Ag3PO4 microparticles were decorated onto the surface of BiFeO3 microcuboids through a precipitation method to obtain p-Ag3PO4/n-BiFeO3 heterojunction composites. The composites were employed for the degradation of acid orange 7 (AO7) under visible-light irradiation. It is found that the composites exhibit much higher photocatalytic efficiency than bare BiFeO3. Meanwhile, the intrinsical visible-light-driven photocatalytic activity of Ag3PO4/BiFeO3 composites was further confirmed by the degradation of phenol. In addition, the photo-Fenton-like catalysis property of the composite was also evaluated. The photocurrent analysis indicates that the combination of BiFeO3 with Ag3PO4 leads to the inhibition of recombination of photoinduced electrons and holes. The obvious enhancement in the photocatalytic activity of the composite is mainly ascribed to the efficient photogenerated charge separation and interfacial charge migration caused by the formation of Ag3PO4/BiFeO3 p-n heterojunctions.
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- Lijing Di
- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Processing and Recycling of Non-ferrous Metals, Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou, 730050 China
- College of Physics and Electronic Information Engineering, Qinghai Normal University, Xining, 810008 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Processing and Recycling of Non-ferrous Metals, Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou, 730050 China
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- College of Physics and Electronic Information Engineering, Qinghai Normal University, Xining, 810008 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Processing and Recycling of Non-ferrous Metals, Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou, 730050 China
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