Bioinspired Reduced Graphene Oxide Based Nanohybrids for Photocatalysis and Antibacterial Applications
Mayuri S. Umekar, Ganesh S. Bhusari, Ajay K. Potbhare, Aniruddha Mondal, Bharat P. Kapgate, Martín F. Desimone, Ratiram Gomaji Chaudhary
Abstract
Ultra-thin graphene has been receiving significance in the diverse sections of material science, owing to its exceptional physicochemical and thermo-mechanical characteristics. Currently, the fabrication of high-grade graphene in an economical target and green procedures area is a massive concern. Among the diverse techniques, chemical-mediated fabrication is believed to be the finest process since it is simple, scalable, and of low-cost; however, it involves noxious or hazardous chemical reducers for producing functional graphene-based Nanocomposites (NCs). Therefore, around the globe, scientists are endeavoring to adopt the bioinspired techniques to manufacture the functional reduced Graphene Oxide (rGO) and reduced Graphene Oxide-Metal/Metal Oxide (rGO-M/MO) NCs. Hence, keeping this issue in mind, the present review article summarize and integrates the current state of knowledge about the diverse bioinspired strategies developed to obtain rGO and rGO-M/MO NCs and their photocatalytic, antibacterial, and cytotoxic assessments.