TY - JOUR
T1 - Photocatalytic and antibacterial potency of titanium dioxide nanoparticles
T2 - A cost-effective and environmentally friendly media for treatment of air and wastewater
AU - Razzaq, Zohaib
AU - Khalid, Awais
AU - Fazale Ahmad, Pervaiz
AU - Farooq, Muhammad
AU - Khandaker, Mayeen Uddin
AU - Adam Sulieman, Abdelmoneim
AU - Rehman, Ibad Ur
AU - Shakeel, Sohail
AU - Khan, Ajmal
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
PY - 2021/6
Y1 - 2021/6
N2 - Titanium dioxide nanoparticles (TiO2-NPs) were synthesized via a facile hydrothermal method. X-ray diffraction (XRD), field emission scanning electron microscope (FE-SEM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR), and Raman spectroscopy were used to study the structure, morphology, chemical composition, and functional group attached to the as-synthesized TiO2-NPs. These NPs were then used to test their efficacy against various microbes and their potency as effective catalysts. TiO2-NPs are found to have the maximum antibacterial activity against Gram-negative bacterial strains rather than Gram-positive bacteria. The photocatalytic activity of the TiO2-NPs was investigated for the photodegradation of 10 ppm bromophenol blue (BPB) dye by using 0.01 g–0.05 g of catalyst. TiO2-NPs exhibited the removal of 95% BPB, respectively, within 180 min. The TiO2-NPs’ antibacterial and catalytic properties suggest that these may be used in environmental remediation as a cost-effective and environmentally friendly wastewater and air treatment material.
AB - Titanium dioxide nanoparticles (TiO2-NPs) were synthesized via a facile hydrothermal method. X-ray diffraction (XRD), field emission scanning electron microscope (FE-SEM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR), and Raman spectroscopy were used to study the structure, morphology, chemical composition, and functional group attached to the as-synthesized TiO2-NPs. These NPs were then used to test their efficacy against various microbes and their potency as effective catalysts. TiO2-NPs are found to have the maximum antibacterial activity against Gram-negative bacterial strains rather than Gram-positive bacteria. The photocatalytic activity of the TiO2-NPs was investigated for the photodegradation of 10 ppm bromophenol blue (BPB) dye by using 0.01 g–0.05 g of catalyst. TiO2-NPs exhibited the removal of 95% BPB, respectively, within 180 min. The TiO2-NPs’ antibacterial and catalytic properties suggest that these may be used in environmental remediation as a cost-effective and environmentally friendly wastewater and air treatment material.
KW - Antibacterial
KW - Nanoparticles
KW - Photocatalyst
KW - Titanium dioxide
KW - Water treatment
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85107221590&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3390/catal11060709
DO - 10.3390/catal11060709
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85107221590
SN - 2073-4344
VL - 11
JO - Catalysts
JF - Catalysts
IS - 6
M1 - 709
ER -
