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ArticleScientific reports2022

Photocatalytic degradation activity of goji berry extract synthesized silver-loaded mesoporous zinc oxide (Ag@ZnO) nanocomposites under simulated solar light irradiation.

Abdulrahman Ahmed Sharwani, Kannan Badri Narayanan, Mohammad Ehtisham Khan, Sung Soo Han

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Article in Scientific reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Abdulrahman Ahmed SharwaniSchool of Chemical Engineering, Yeungnam University, 280 Daehak-Ro, Gyeongsan, Gyeongbuk, 38541, South Korea.
Kannan Badri NarayananSchool of Chemical Engineering, Yeungnam University, 280 Daehak-Ro, Gyeongsan, Gyeongbuk, 38541, South Korea. okbadri@gmail.com.
Mohammad Ehtisham KhanDepartment of Chemical Engineering Technology, College of Applied Industrial Technology (CAIT), Jazan University, Jazan, 45971, Saudi Arabia.
Sung Soo HanSchool of Chemical Engineering, Yeungnam University, 280 Daehak-Ro, Gyeongsan, Gyeongbuk, 38541, South Korea. sshan@yu.ac.kr.
Yeungnam University · KRJazan University · SA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Different approaches have been developed for the synthesis of various nanostructured materials with unique morphologies. This study demonstrated the photocatalytic and antimicrobial abilities of silver-loaded zinc oxide nanocomposites (Ag@ZnO NCs). Initially, ZnO with a unique mesoporous ellipsoidal morphology in the size range of 0.59 ± 0.11 × 0.33 ± 0.09 µm (length × width) was synthesized using aqueous precipitation in a mild hydrothermal condition (80 °C) with the aqueous fruit extract of goji berry (GB) (as an additive) and calcined in air at 200 °C/2 h and 250 °C/3 h. Powder X-ray diffraction (XRD) revealed the formation of a hexagonal phase of the wurtzite (WZ) structure. The average crystallite size of ZnO was 23.74 ± 4.9 nm as calculated using Debye-Scherrer's equation. It also possesses higher thermal stability with the surface area, pore volume, and pore size of 11.77 m

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PMID35705651
PMCPMC9200859
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