Authors : Kajal V. Patel, Sanchita S. Mahale, Prashant K. Deshmukh, Pravin O. Patil
DOI : 10.18231/j.jpbs.2019.011
Volume : 7
Issue : 2
Year : 2019
Page No : 63-66
The study reports facile green in situ method for fabrication of reduced graphene oxide (rGO) based silver nanocomposites (rGO@AgNCs) using peanut skin (Arachis hypogaea) extract. The synthesized rGO@AgNCs were characterized by UV-visible spectroscopy, FTIR, SEM, EDX, particle size and zeta potential analysis. Furthermore, methylene blue (MB) and malachite green (MG) dyes degradation ability of rGO@AgNCs was investigated. The MB and MG dyes were found to be eliminated completely within 40 minutes in dark condition in the presence of 5 mg rGO@AgNCs.The investigation describes an ecofriendly and cost effective method for the in situ synthesis rGO@AgNCs.
Keywords: Nanocomposites, Carbon materials, Agriculture waste, Nanoparticles, Peanut skin, Dye degradation.