Green biosynthesis and characterization of zinc oxide nanoparticles using Corymbia citriodora leaf extract and their photocatalytic activity

Yuhong Zheng; Li Fu; Fuigui Han; Aiwu Wang; Wen Cai; Jinping Yu; Jun Yang; Feng Peng

doi:10.1080/17518253.2015.1075069

Green biosynthesis and characterization of zinc oxide nanoparticles using Corymbia citriodora leaf extract and their photocatalytic activity

Yuhong Zheng
, Li Fu
, Fuigui Han
, Aiwu Wang
, Wen Cai
, Jinping Yu
, Jun Yang
, Feng Peng

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Abstract

We reported a green and simple method for biosynthesizing zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) using Corymbia citriodora leaf extract as reducing and stabilizing agent. SEM, EDX, XRD, UV–VIS spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy and TGA have been used for characterizing the biosynthesized ZnO NPs. The results indicating the ZnO NPs synthesized by C. citriodora leaf extract have high purity and the average size is 64 nm. The photocatalytic activity of the ZnO NPs has been investigated by degradation methylene blue under visible light irradiation. Due to the smaller size, the biosynthesized ZnO NPs showed an excellent photocatalytic performance.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	59-63
Number of pages	5
Journal	Green Chemistry Letters and Reviews
Volume	8
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/17518253.2015.1075069
State	Published - 3 Apr 2015
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Biosynthesis
Corymbia citriodora
TEM
ZnO NPs
photocatalytic activity

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