Author, as appears in the article.: Badri A; Slimi S; Guergueb M; Kahri H; Mateos X
Department: Química Física i Inorgànica
URV's Author/s: Mateos Ferré, Xavier
Keywords: Reduction Prickly pear Nanoparticles Green synthesis Copper reduction prickly pear nanoparticles copper carbon 4-nitrophenol 4-aminophenol
Abstract: In this work, a rapid and green synthesis of copper oxide nanoparticles was developed using aqueous extract of prickly pear peel. The obtained CuO nanoparticles were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy-dispersive X-ray analysis (EDX). The XRD result showed that CuO nanoparticles crystallize in the C 2/c monoclinic space group and confirmed their purity by refinement of the pattern. The FTIR measurements indicated that the different phytochemicals present in prickly pear peels extract are indispensable for the synthesis of CuO nanoparticles. The UV–visible analysis reported the surface Plasmon resonance band at 284 nm. The SEM and TEM analysis also confirmed that the synthesized nanoparticles had spherical morphology with uniform symmetry and displayed a particle in a 20–40 nm range size. The EDX spectrum and mapping proved the purity of CuO with Cu and O occurrence. Afterward, the catalytic activity of the synthesized catalyst was tested for the reduction of 4-nitrophenol (4-NP) in the presence of sodium borohydride in an aqueous media. Moreover, the catalyst showed high durability during several cycles.
Thematic Areas: Química Physical and theoretical chemistry Medicina ii Materials chemistry Materiais Interdisciplinar Inorganic chemistry Geociências Farmacia Engenharias iii Engenharias ii Ciências biológicas ii Ciências biológicas i Ciências ambientais Chemistry, inorganic & nuclear Biotecnología Astronomia / física
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Author's mail: xavier.mateos@urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0003-1940-1990
Record's date: 2024-07-27
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion
Link to the original source: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1387700321005827
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Papper original source: Inorganic Chemistry Communications. 134
APA: Badri A; Slimi S; Guergueb M; Kahri H; Mateos X (2021). Green synthesis of copper oxide nanoparticles using Prickly Pear peel fruit extract: Characterization and catalytic activity. Inorganic Chemistry Communications, 134(), -. DOI: 10.1016/j.inoche.2021.109027
Article's DOI: 10.1016/j.inoche.2021.109027
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2021
Publication Type: Journal Publications