Skip to main content
Disciplines
Automotive Business IT + Informatics Construction + Real Estate Electrical Engineering + Electronics Energy + Sustainability Insurance + Risk Finance + Banking Management + Leadership Marketing + Sales Mechanical Engineering + Materials
Events
DE
EN
Books
Journals
Topic Page
Marketing
Start single access now
Access for companies
EXTENDED SEARCH
Log in
Top
Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics
Published in: Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 24/2017

06-09-2017

Photocatalytic and antibacterial studies of indium-doped ZnO nanoparticles synthesized by co-precipitation technique

Authors: K. Pradeev Raj, K. Sadaiyandi, A. Kennedy, Suresh Sagadevan

Published in: Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics | Issue 24/2017

Log in

Activate our intelligent search to find suitable subject content or patents.

search-config
loading …

Abstract

Indium (0.01, 0.04 and 0.06 mol%) doped ZnO nanoparticles (IZ-NPs) have been synthesized using the facile co-precipitation method. The prepared nanoparticles (NPs) were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Elemental dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), UV–Vis absorption spectrum (UV–Vis) and photoluminescence (PL) techniques. The photocatalytic activities were evaluated for the degradation of Rhodamine-B (Rh-B) under UV–Vis irradiation. The antibacterial properties of Zinc oxide nanoparticles (NPs) were investigated using human pathogens and were compared based on the diameter of inhibition zone using Agar-well diffusion method. Structural studies confirm the main presence of hexagonal wurtzite ZnO phase and well-crystalline. The incorporation of indium ions was responsible for the change in their various lattice parameters. The average crystallite sizes were decreased by increasing the indium dopant concentration. SEM images reveal the synthesized NPs are in nanometer range with various shape and improved crystallinity is noted for higher doping (In) concentration. The presence of indium in the host lattice was confirmed by EDS spectroscopy. Optical studies shows that the band-gap energy decreases (3.34–3.17) with an increase in doping concentration (2–6%). The photoluminescence (PL) spectrum reveals the UV emission is strong near the band-edge region (NBE) (392 nm) and intrinsic defects encountered in series of visible emission peaks around 400–560 nm. From the efficiency of the photocatalytic activity, higher dopant concentration (6%) showed higher photocatalytic activity than the other NPs in destroying Rhodamine B (RhB) under UV–Vis light irradiation. The synthesized In-doped Zinc oxide nanostructures show maximum antibacterial activity against Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis.
previous article Size and strain dependent anatase to rutile phase transition in TiO2 due to Si incorporation
next article Dual-mode blue emission, paramagnetic properties of Yb3+–Tm3+ co-doped GdOCl difunctional nanostructures

Dont have a licence yet? Then find out more about our products and how to get one now:

Springer Professional "Wirtschaft+Technik"

Online-Abonnement

Mit Springer Professional "Wirtschaft+Technik" erhalten Sie Zugriff auf:

  • über 102.000 Bücher
  • über 537 Zeitschriften

aus folgenden Fachgebieten:

  • Automobil + Motoren
  • Bauwesen + Immobilien
  • Business IT + Informatik
  • Elektrotechnik + Elektronik
  • Energie + Nachhaltigkeit
  • Finance + Banking
  • Management + Führung
  • Marketing + Vertrieb
  • Maschinenbau + Werkstoffe
  • Versicherung + Risiko

Jetzt Wissensvorsprung sichern!

inform now

Springer Professional "Technik"

Online-Abonnement

Mit Springer Professional "Technik" erhalten Sie Zugriff auf:

  • über 67.000 Bücher
  • über 390 Zeitschriften

aus folgenden Fachgebieten:

  • Automobil + Motoren
  • Bauwesen + Immobilien
  • Business IT + Informatik
  • Elektrotechnik + Elektronik
  • Energie + Nachhaltigkeit
  • Maschinenbau + Werkstoffe




 

Jetzt Wissensvorsprung sichern!

inform now

Springer Professional "Wirtschaft"

Online-Abonnement

Mit Springer Professional "Wirtschaft" erhalten Sie Zugriff auf:

  • über 67.000 Bücher
  • über 340 Zeitschriften

aus folgenden Fachgebieten:

  • Bauwesen + Immobilien
  • Business IT + Informatik
  • Finance + Banking
  • Management + Führung
  • Marketing + Vertrieb
  • Versicherung + Risiko




Jetzt Wissensvorsprung sichern!

inform now
Literature
1.
P.K. Sharma, M. Kumar, A.C. Pandey, Green luminescent ZnO:Cu2+ nanoparticles for their applications in white-light generation from UV LEDs. J. Nanocryst. Res. 13, 1629–1637 (2010)
2.
Y. Zhang, M.K. Ram, E.K. Stefanakos, D. Yogi Goswami, Synthesis, characterization, and applications of ZnO nanowires. J. Nanomater. 2012, 1–22, (2012)
3.
S.B. Rana, P. Singh, A.K. Sharma, A.W. Carbonari, R. Dogra, Synthesis and characterization of pure and doped ZnO nanoparticles. J. Optoelectron. Adv. Mater. 12, 257–261 (2010)
4.
N. El-Atab, A. Nayfeh, Ultra-small ZnO nanoparticles for charge storage in MOS-memory devices. ECS Trans. 72, 73–79, (2016)
5.
M. Willander, O. Nur, J.R. Sadaf, M.I. Qadir, S. Zaman, A. Zainelabdin, N. Bano, I. Hussain, Luminescence from zinc oxide nanostructures and polymers and their hybrid devices. Materials 3, 2643–2667 (2010)
6.
P.K. Sharma, M. Kumar, A.C. Pandey, Green luminescent ZnO:Cu2+ nanoparticles for their applications in white-light generation from UV LEDs. J. Nanopart. Res. 13, 1629–1637 (2011)
7.
L. Zhang, Y. Ding, M. Povey, D. York, ZnO nanofluids: a potential antibacterial agent. Prog. Nat. Sci. 18, 939–944 (2008)
8.
H.S. Hassan, A.B. Kashyout, I. Morsi, A.A.A. Nasser, I. Ali, Synthesis, characterization and fabrication of gas sensor devices using ZnO and ZnO:In nano materials. J. Basic Appl. Sci. 3, 216–221 (2014)
9.
C. Tian, Q. Zhang, A. Wu, M. Jiang, Z. Liang, B. Jiang, H. Fu, Cost-effective large-scale synthesis of ZnO photocatalyst with excellent performance for dye photo degradation. Chem. Commun. (Camb) 48, 2858–2860 (2012)
10.
S. Kuriakose, V. Choudhary, B. Satpati, S. Mohapatra, Structural, optical, and magnetic properties of Ni. Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 5, 639–650 (2014)
11.
P. Rathore, A.K. Chittora, R. Ameta, S. Sharma, Enhancement of photocatalytic activity of zinc oxide by doping with nitrogen. Sci. Revs. Chem. Commun. 5, 113–124 (2015)
12.
A.H. Abdullah, L.K. Mun, Z. Zainal, M.Z. Hussein, Photodegradation of chlorophenoxyacetic acids by ZnO/γ–Fe2O3 nanocatalysts: a comparative study. Int. J. Chem. 5, 56–65 (2013)
13.
S. Baruah, M.A. Mahmood, M.T.Z. Myint, T. Bora, J. Dutta, Enhanced visible light photocatalysis through fast crystallization of zinc oxide nanorods. Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 1, 14–20 (2010)
14.
M.T. Uddin, Y. Nicolas, C. Olivier, L. Servant, T. Toupance, S. Li, A. Klein, W. Jaegermann, Improved photocatalytic activity in RuO2–ZnO nanoparticulate heterostructures due to inhomogeneous space charge effects. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 17, 5090–5102 (2015)
15.
R. Yousefi, F. Jamali-Sheini, M. Cheraghizade, S. Khosravi-Gandomani, A. Sáaedi, N.M. Huang, W.J. Basirun, M. Azarang, Enhanced visible-light photocatalytic activity of strontium-doped zinc oxide nanoparticles. Mater. Sci. Semicond. Process. 32, 152–159 (2015)
16.
Y.-M. Hao, S.-Y. Lou, S.-M. Zhou, R.-J. Yuan, G.-Y. Zhu, N. Li, Structural, optical, and magnetic studies of manganese-doped zinc oxide hierarchical microspheres by self-assembly of nanoparticles. Nanoscale Res. Lett. 7(100), 1–9 (2012)
17.
S. Girish Kumar, K.S.R. Koteswara Rao, Zinc oxide based photocatalysis: tailoring surface-bulk structure and related interfacial charge carrier dynamics for better environmental applications. RSC Adv. 5, 3306–3351 (2015)
18.
S. Baruah, S.K. Pal, J. Dutta, Nanostructured zinc oxide for water treatment. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 2, 90–102 (2012)
19.
S. Kuriakose, B. Satpati, S. Mohapatra, Enhanced photocatalytic activity of Co doped ZnO nanodisks and nanorods prepared by a facile wet chemical method. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 16, 12741–12749 (2014)
20.
H. Yamada, K. Suzuki, S. Koizumi, Gene expression profile in human cells exposed to zinc. J. Toxicol. Sci. 32, 193–196 (2007)
21.
Y. Fan, R. Liu, W. Du, Q. Lu, H. Pang, F. Gao, Synthesis of copper(II) Co-ordination polymers and conversion into CuO nanostructures with good photocatalytic, antibacterial and lithium ions better performances. J. Mater. Chem. 22, 12609–12617 (2012)
22.
U. Ozgur, H. Morkoc, Zinc Oxide: Fundamentals, Materials and Device Technology. (Wiley, New York, 2009), p. 365
23.
H.R. Ghaffarian, M. Saiedi, M.A. Sayyadnejad, Synthesis of ZnO nanoparticles by spray pyrolysis method, Iran. J. Chem. Chem. Eng 30, 1–6 (2011)
24.
C.-C. Lin, Y.-Y. Li, Synthesis of ZnO nanowires by thermal decomposition of zinc acetate dihydrate. Mater. Chem. Phys. 113, 334–337 (2015)
25.
E. Maryanti, D. Damayanti, I. Gustian, S. Salprima Yudha, Synthesis of ZnO nanoparticles by hydrothermal method in aqueous rinds extracts of Sapindus rarak DC. Mater. Lett. 118, 96–98 (2014)
26.
R.M. Alwan, Q.A. Kadhim, K.M. Sahan, R.A. Ali, R.J. Mahdi, N.A. Kassim, A.N. Jassim, Synthesis of zinc oxide nanoparticles via sol–gel route and their characterization. Appl. Surf. Sci. 5, 1–6 (2015)
27.
28.
J. Lang, J. Wang, Q. Zhang, X. Li, Q. Han, M. Wei, Y. Sui, D. Wang, J. Yang, Chemical precipitation synthesis and significant enhancement in photocatalytic activity of Ce-doped ZnO nanoparticles. Ceram. Int. 42, 14175–14181 (2016)
29.
V. Anand, V.C. Srivastav, Zinc oxide nanoparticles synthesis by electrochemical method: optimization of parameters for maximization of productivity and characterization. J. Alloys Compd. 636, 288–292 (2015)
30.
A. Bagabas, A. Alshammari, M.F.A. Aboud, H. Kosslick, Room-temperature synthesis of zinc oxide nanoparticles in different media and their application in cyanide photodegradation. Nanoscale Res. Lett. 8(516), 1–10 (2013)
31.
32.
Z. Chen, S. Li, Y. Tian, S. Wu, W. Zhang, Sythesis of magnesium oxide doped ZnO nanostructures using electrochemical deposition. Int. J. Electrochem. Sci. 7, 10620–10626 (2012)
33.
M. Schwartz, Smart Materials. (CRC Press, Boca Raton, 2008), pp. 1–3
34.
S. Talam, S. Rao Karumuri, N. Gunnam, Synthesis, characterization, and spectroscopic properties of ZnO nanoparticles. ISRN Nanotechnol. 2012, 1–6 (2012)
35.
P. Geetha Devi, A. Sakthi Velu, Synthesis, structural and optical properties of pure ZnO and Co doped ZnO nanoparticles prepared by the co-precipitation method. J. Theor. Appl. Phys. (2016). doi:10.​1007/​s40094-016-0221-0 CrossRef
36.
A. Singh, H.L. Vishwakarma, Study of structural, morphological, optical and electroluminescent properties of undoped ZnO nanorods grown by a simple chemical precipitation. Mater. Sci. Poland 33, 751–759 (2015)
37.
T.A. Abdel-Baset, Y.-W. Fang, B. Anis, C.-G. Duan, M. Abdel-Hafiez, Structural and magnetic properties of transition-metal-doped Zn1 – xFexO. Nanoscale Res. Lett., 11(115), 1–12 (2016)
38.
P. Bindu, S. Thomas, Estimation of lattice strain in ZnO nanoparticles: X-ray peak profile analysis. J. Theor. Appl. Phys. 8, 123–134 (2014)
39.
G. Pavithra, M. Bououdina, S. Dhanapandian, P. Dhamodharan, C. Manoharan, Characterization and study of antibacterial activity of spray pyrolysed ZnO:Al thin films. Appl Nanosci. 6, 815–825 (2016)
40.
A. Khorsand Zak, W.H.A. Majid, M.E. Abrishami, R. Yousefi, X-ray analysis of ZnO nanoparticles by Williamsone Hall and size strain plot methods. Solid State Sci. 13, 251–256
41.
S. Kumari, P. Kumar, M. Kar, L. Kumar, V. Kumar, Structural analysis by rietveld method and its correlation with optical propertis of nanocrystalline zinc oxide. Adv. Mater. Lett. 6, 139–147
42.
V. Sesha Sai Kumar, K. Venkateswara Rao, X-ray peak broadening analysis and optical studies of ZnO nanoparticles derived by surfactant assisted combustion synthesis. J. Nano Electron. Phys. 5, 02026–02026 (2013)
43.
S. Mohan, K.S. Thind, G. Sharma, Effect of Nd3+ concentration on the physical and absorption properties of sodium-lead-borate glasses. Braz. J. Phys. 37, 1306–1313 (2007)
44.
K. N’Konou, M. Haris, Y. Lare, M. Baneto, K. Napo, Effect of barium doping on the physical properties of zinc oxide nanoparticles elaborated via sonochemical synthesis method. Pramana 87, 1–7 (2016)
45.
46.
P. Kaur, S. Kumar, N.S. Negi, S.M. Rao, Enhanced magnetism in Cr-doped ZnO nanoparticles with nitrogen co-doping synthesized using sol–gel technique. Appl. Nanosci. 5, 367–372 (2015)
47.
B.H. Soni, M.P. Deshpande, S.V. Bhatt, N. Garg, N.N. Pandya, S.H. Chaki, Influence of Mn doping on optical properties of ZnO nanoparticles synthesized by microwave irradiation. J. Opt. 42, 328–334 (2013)
48.
V. Etacheri, R. Roshan, V. Kumar, Mg-doped ZnO nanoparticles for efficient sunlight-driven photocatalysis. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 4, 2717–2725 (2012)
49.
C.H. Venkata Reddy, B. Babu, S.V. Prabhakar Vattikuti, R.V.S.S.N. Ravikumar, J. Shim, Structural and optical properties of vanadium doped SnO2 Nanoparticles with high photocatalytic activities. J. Lumin. 179, 26–34 (2016)
50.
R. Elilarassi, G. Chandrasekaran, Influence of Co-doping on the structural, optical and magnetic properties of ZnO nanoparticles synthesized using auto-combustion method. J. Mater. Sci. 24, 96–105 (2012)
51.
V. Ganasan, C. Sudarsanakumar, V.P. Radhakrishna Prabhu, R. Mahadevan, Sreeja Sreedharan, Highly transparent and luminescent nanostructured Eu2O3. In 2nd international conference on structural nano composites (NANOSTRUC 2014), Madrid, Spain, pp. 1–6 (2014)
52.
D. Sarkar, P.K. Giri Bappaditya Pal, Structural, optical, and magnetic properties of Ni. Appl. Surf. Sci. 356, 804–811 (2015)
53.
S. Ahmed, M.G. Rasul, W.N. Martens, R. Brown, M.A. Hashib, Heterogeneous photocatalytic degradation of phenols in wastewater: a review on current status and developments. Desalination 261, 3–18 (2010)
54.
P. HemalathaS. N. Karthick, K.V. Hemalatha, M. Yi, H.-J. Kim, M. Alagar, La-doped ZnO nanoflower as photocatalyst for methylene blue dye degradation under UV irradiation. J. Mater. Sci. 27, 2367–2378 (2015)
55.
Z. Barzgari, A. Ghazizadeh, S.Z. Askari, Preparation of Mn-doped ZnO nanostructured for photocatalytic degradation of orange G under solar light. Res. Chem. Intermed. 42, 84303–84315 (2015)
56.
K.M. Lee, C.W. Lai, K.S. Ngai, J.C. Juan, Recent developments of zinc oxide based photocatalyst in watertreatment technology: a review. Water Res. 88, 428–448 (2016)
57.
J. Zhong, J. Li, X.Y. He, J. Zeng, Y. Lu, W. Hu, K. Lin, Improved photocatalytic performance of Pd-doped ZnO. Curr. Appl. Phys. 12, 998–1001 (2012)
58.
T. Bhuyan, M. Khanuja, R. Sharma, S. Patel, M.R. Reddy, S. Anand, A. Varma, A Comparative study of pure and copper (CU) doped ZnO nanorods for antibacterial AND photocatalytic applications with their mechanism of action. J. Nanopart. Res. 17, 1–11 (2015)
59.
I.Y.-Y. Bu, Enhanced photocatalytic activity of sol–gel derived ZnO via the co-doping process. Superlattices Microstruct. 86, 36–42 (2015)
60.
H. Zhang, D.R. Yang, Y.J. Ji, X.Y. Ma, J. Xu, D.L. Que, Low temperature synthesis of flowerlike ZnO nanostructures by cetyltri methyl ammonium bromide-assisted hydrothermal process. J. Phys. Chem. B. 108, 3955–3958 (2004)
61.
R. Brayner, R. Ferrari-Iliou, N. Brivois, S. Djediat, M.F. Benedetti, F. Fievet, Toxicological impact studies based on Escherichia coli bacteria in ultrafine ZnO nanoparticles colloidal medium. Nano Lett. 6, 866–870 (2006)
62.
L. Zhang, Y. Jiang, Y. Ding, M. Povey, D. York, Investigation into the antibacterial behaviour of suspensions of ZnO nanoparticles (ZnO nanofluids). J. Nanopart. Res. 9, 479–489 (2007)
63.
S. Sonia, N.D. Jayram, P. Suresh Kumar, D. Mangalaraj, N. Ponpandian, C. Viswanathan, Effect of NaOH concentration on structural, surface and antibacterial activity of CuO nanorods synthesized by direct sonochemical method. Superlattices Microstruct. 66, 1–9 (2014)
Metadata
Title
Photocatalytic and antibacterial studies of indium-doped ZnO nanoparticles synthesized by co-precipitation technique
Authors
K. Pradeev Raj
K. Sadaiyandi
A. Kennedy
Suresh Sagadevan
Publication date
06-09-2017
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics / Issue 24/2017
Print ISSN: 0957-4522
Electronic ISSN: 1573-482X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-017-7857-7

Other articles of this Issue 24/2017

Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 24/2017 Go to the issue

OriginalPaper

Research on surface nano-texturation and wet-chemical passivation of multi-crystalline silicon wafer

OriginalPaper

In situ synthesis, characterization, conductivity studies of polypyrrole/silver doped zinc oxide nanocomposites and their application for ammonia gas sensing

OriginalPaper

Improvement on interfacial structure and properties of Sn–58Bi/Cu joint using Sn–3.0Ag–0.5Cu solder as barrier

OriginalPaper

Responsivity to solar irradiation and the behavior of carrier transports for MoS2/Si and MoS2/Si nanowires/Si devices

OriginalPaper

Composition design and electrical property of a pure K x Na1−x NbO3 single crystal fabricated by the seed-free solid-state crystal growth

OriginalPaper

Investigation of spectral properties of Eu3+ and Tb3+ doped strontium zirconium trioxide orthorhombic perovskite for optical and sensing applications