Antioxidant and Organic Dye Removal Potential of Cu-Ni Bimetallic Nanoparticles Synthesized Using Gazania rigens Extract
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Chemicals and Reagents
2.2. Preparation of Plant Extract
2.3. Synthesis of Cu-Ni Nanoparticles
2.4. Instrumentation
2.5. Photocatalytic Reduction of Methylene Blue
2.6. Radical Scavenging Potential
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. UV-Visible Analysis of BNPs
3.2. FTIR Analysis of Cu-Ni BNPs
3.3. X-ray Diffraction Analysis
3.4. Morphological Analysis
3.5. Photocatalytic Reduction of Methylene Blue in Aqueous Medium
3.6. Radical Scavenging Potential
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Concentration (ppm) | kapp (min−1) | Half Life (t1/2) (min) |
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200 | 0.0082 | 84.51 |
400 | 0.0103 | 67.28 |
600 | 0.0114 | 60.78 |
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Younas, U.; Gulzar, A.; Ali, F.; Pervaiz, M.; Ali, Z.; Khan, S.; Saeed, Z.; Ahmed, M.; Alothman, A.A. Antioxidant and Organic Dye Removal Potential of Cu-Ni Bimetallic Nanoparticles Synthesized Using Gazania rigens Extract. Water 2021, 13, 2653. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13192653
Younas U, Gulzar A, Ali F, Pervaiz M, Ali Z, Khan S, Saeed Z, Ahmed M, Alothman AA. Antioxidant and Organic Dye Removal Potential of Cu-Ni Bimetallic Nanoparticles Synthesized Using Gazania rigens Extract. Water. 2021; 13(19):2653. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13192653
Chicago/Turabian StyleYounas, Umer, Afzaal Gulzar, Faisal Ali, Muhammad Pervaiz, Zahid Ali, Safia Khan, Zohaib Saeed, Mukhtiar Ahmed, and Asma A. Alothman. 2021. "Antioxidant and Organic Dye Removal Potential of Cu-Ni Bimetallic Nanoparticles Synthesized Using Gazania rigens Extract" Water 13, no. 19: 2653. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13192653