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Synergistic effect of Cux/Mgx and Zn1?xO for enhanced photocatalytic degradation and antibacterial activity

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? 2021 Elsevier B.V.Metal-doped zinc oxide nanostructures (ZONSs) of schemes CuxZn1?xO and MgxZn1?xO (x = 0, 0.01, 0.1 and 0.5 M) were synthesized via co-precipitation technique. The structural parameters of as-prepared ZONSs were investigated from XRD technique and doping concentration limit for both types of dopant was found, causing a shift in the Eg value based on the availability of density of states for that dopant. SEM analysis confirmed thin sheet-like nanocrystalline morphologies of all samples within size range 78–450 nm. Optical analysis revealed that higher concentration of Cu in the sample resulted in overlapped impurity states following a considerable increase in its Eg value. Among all samples, Cu0.1 and Mg0.01 samples with reduced PL emission, exhibited maximum degradation of MB dye under direct-sunlight exposure of few seconds. As positively charged metal-doped ZONSs attract more toward Gram-negative bacterial membrane, the suggested samples have shown improved antibacterial performance against Klabsiella strains.

Lattice parametersMetal-ions dopingOptical propertiesSunlight photocatalysis and antibacterial performanceZinc oxide nanostructures

Naz G.、Shabbir M.、Ramzan M.、Haq B.U.、Arshad M.、Hasan M.、Ahmed R.、Tahir M.B.

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Institute of Physics Faculty of Science The Islamia University of Bahawalpur Baghdad-ul-Jadid Campus

Advanced Functional Materials & Optoelectronics Laboratory (AFMOL) Department of Physics Faculty of Science King Khalid University

Nanosciences and Nanotechnology Department National Centre for Physics Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad

Institute of Biochemistry Biotechnology and Bioinformatics The Islamia University of Bahawalpur Baghdad-ul-Jadid Campus

Centre for High Energy Physics The University of Punjab

Department of Physics Khawaja Fareed University of Engineering and Information Technology

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2022

Physica

Physica

ISSN:0921-4526
年,卷(期):2022.624
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