Green Synthesis of BiVO4 Nanoparticles by Microwave Method using <i>Aegle marmelos</i> Juice as a Fuel: Photocatalytic and Antimicrobial Study
S. Pramila, G. Nagaraju, C. Mallikarjunaswamy, K.C. Latha, S. Chandan, Ramith Ramu, V Rashmi, V. Lakshmi Ranganatha
Abstract
As a part of the non-hazardous way of synthesizing nanomaterials, herein we report the synthesis of BiVO4 nanoparticles by the aid of Aegle marmelos juice as a fuel. This method employed a simple, effective, and low-cost microwave irradiation technique. Further, the physical properties of synthesized nanoparticles were fully characterized by using X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier Transform-Infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), Besides, the surface morphology of the same nanoparticles was also confirmed by using Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). Furthermore, metal nanoparticles are the prominent photocatalysts for the degradation of organic pollutants, in this vision photocatalytic activities of BiVO4 was also evaluated by studying decolorization of methylene blue dye under UV irradiation. As well the results revealed that BiVO4 showed higher photocatalytic activity due to elevated generation of charge carriers by UV irradiation. Besides, BiVO4 was also examined for the application of antimicrobial studies and the synthesized samples showed prominent results against all the tested strains.