Green synthesis and catalytic application of silver nanoparticles using Carissa carandas fruits

ABSTRACT

The present work describes the eco-friendly synthesis of silver nanoparticles using dried fruit extract of C. carandas. The synthesized AgNPs were characterized by UV-Vis analysis, FTIR, XRD, SEM, and TEM with histogram. The TEM image of the precipitated solid phase of AgNPs showed in the range of 23 ± 2 nm in size. Further, the catalytic degradation on crystal violet dye in the presence of C. carandas dried fruit extract and AgNPs was also studied.

KEYWORDS:

• Green synthesis
• AgNPs
• photocatalyst
• crystal violet

Acknowledgments

The authors wish to acknowledge the management of VIT University for providing all research facilities to carry out this work, mainly VIT-TBI as well as DST-FIST for providing XRD facility to VIT and IIT Chennai for characterization.

Funding

The authors are also thankful to DST-FTYS (No. SB/FT/CS–113/2013) and the VIT research fund for providing financial support to carry out their research work.