A facile and green synthetic approach toward fabrication of Alcea- and Thyme-stabilized TiO2 nanoparticles for photocatalytic applications

A facile and green synthetic approach toward fabrication of Alcea- and Thyme-stabilized TiO2 nanoparticles for photocatalytic applications

A facile and green synthetic approach was considered for the synthesis of stabilized titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles. Extracts of Alcea and Thyme plants were used to synthesis TiO2 nanoparticles for photocatalytic applications. Evaluation of the structural and phase formation via X-ray diffrac...

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Main Authors: Negar Arabi, Abbas Kianvash, Abdollah Hajalilou, Ebrahim Abouzari-Lotf, Vahid Abbasi-Chianeh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-01-01
Series:Arabian Journal of Chemistry
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878535218300728
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spelling doaj-aede0d21919246a99c9f7d137e9112de2020-11-25T01:37:01ZengElsevierArabian Journal of Chemistry1878-53522020-01-0113121322141A facile and green synthetic approach toward fabrication of Alcea- and Thyme-stabilized TiO2 nanoparticles for photocatalytic applicationsNegar Arabi0Abbas Kianvash1Abdollah Hajalilou2Ebrahim Abouzari-Lotf3Vahid Abbasi-Chianeh4Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Materials Engineering, Tabriz University, IranFaculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Materials Engineering, Tabriz University, Iran; Corresponding author.Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Materials Engineering, Tabriz University, IranAdvanced Materials Research Group, Center of Hydrogen Energy, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 54100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Department of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Johor Bahru, MalaysiaFaculty of Mining and Materials Engineering, Urmia University of Technology, Urmia, IranA facile and green synthetic approach was considered for the synthesis of stabilized titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles. Extracts of Alcea and Thyme plants were used to synthesis TiO2 nanoparticles for photocatalytic applications. Evaluation of the structural and phase formation via X-ray diffraction (XRD) indicated the formation of the anatase phase of TiO2 along with the rutile phase. A desired single phase of anatase was obtained upon heating the as-synthesized samples at 500 °C for 3 h. Using the information provided by the XRD analyzer and the Debye Scherer relationship, the average crystallite size was found to be around 6 and 10 nm for the samples synthesized using Alcea and Thyme plants, respectively. To determine the elemental analysis and chemical structure, the energy dispersive X-ray (EDX) analyzer and Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy were employed. Field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) indicated batches of ultrafine agglomerated particles for both samples, which their sizes grew by the heating process. The UV–visible analysis of photocatalytic properties confirmed the priority of TiO2 nanoparticles prepared with Thyme extracts. Keywords: TiO2nanoparticles, Green synthesis, Photocatalytic propertieshttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878535218300728
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author Negar Arabi
Abbas Kianvash
Abdollah Hajalilou
Ebrahim Abouzari-Lotf
Vahid Abbasi-Chianeh
spellingShingle Negar Arabi
Abbas Kianvash
Abdollah Hajalilou
Ebrahim Abouzari-Lotf
Vahid Abbasi-Chianeh
A facile and green synthetic approach toward fabrication of Alcea- and Thyme-stabilized TiO2 nanoparticles for photocatalytic applications
Arabian Journal of Chemistry
author_facet Negar Arabi
Abbas Kianvash
Abdollah Hajalilou
Ebrahim Abouzari-Lotf
Vahid Abbasi-Chianeh
author_sort Negar Arabi
title A facile and green synthetic approach toward fabrication of Alcea- and Thyme-stabilized TiO2 nanoparticles for photocatalytic applications
title_short A facile and green synthetic approach toward fabrication of Alcea- and Thyme-stabilized TiO2 nanoparticles for photocatalytic applications
title_full A facile and green synthetic approach toward fabrication of Alcea- and Thyme-stabilized TiO2 nanoparticles for photocatalytic applications
title_fullStr A facile and green synthetic approach toward fabrication of Alcea- and Thyme-stabilized TiO2 nanoparticles for photocatalytic applications
title_full_unstemmed A facile and green synthetic approach toward fabrication of Alcea- and Thyme-stabilized TiO2 nanoparticles for photocatalytic applications
title_sort facile and green synthetic approach toward fabrication of alcea- and thyme-stabilized tio2 nanoparticles for photocatalytic applications
publisher Elsevier
series Arabian Journal of Chemistry
issn 1878-5352
publishDate 2020-01-01
description A facile and green synthetic approach was considered for the synthesis of stabilized titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles. Extracts of Alcea and Thyme plants were used to synthesis TiO2 nanoparticles for photocatalytic applications. Evaluation of the structural and phase formation via X-ray diffraction (XRD) indicated the formation of the anatase phase of TiO2 along with the rutile phase. A desired single phase of anatase was obtained upon heating the as-synthesized samples at 500 °C for 3 h. Using the information provided by the XRD analyzer and the Debye Scherer relationship, the average crystallite size was found to be around 6 and 10 nm for the samples synthesized using Alcea and Thyme plants, respectively. To determine the elemental analysis and chemical structure, the energy dispersive X-ray (EDX) analyzer and Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy were employed. Field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) indicated batches of ultrafine agglomerated particles for both samples, which their sizes grew by the heating process. The UV–visible analysis of photocatalytic properties confirmed the priority of TiO2 nanoparticles prepared with Thyme extracts. Keywords: TiO2nanoparticles, Green synthesis, Photocatalytic properties
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878535218300728
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