PMID- 37327823
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20230705
LR  - 20230705
IS  - 1879-1298 (Electronic)
IS  - 0045-6535 (Linking)
VI  - 336
DP  - 2023 Sep
TI  - Zinc oxide doped on reduced graphene oxide nanosheets activated by solar 
      radiation for degradation of organic pollutants and bacterial inactivation.
PG  - 139105
LID - S0045-6535(23)01372-3 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.139105 [doi]
AB  - Metal ion-based nanocomposite materials were recognized to exhibit a wide range 
      of photocatalytic and biological applications. This study aims to synthesize zinc 
      oxide doped reduced graphene oxide (ZnO/RGO) nanocomposite in sufficient 
      quantities through the sol-gel method. The physical characters of the synthesized 
      ZnO/RGO nanocomposite were determined by X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), X-ray 
      photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), Scanning electron microscope (SEM), 
      Energy-dispersive X-ray (EDS) and Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) 
      techniques. The TEM image results revealed rod-like morphology of the ZnO/RGO 
      nanocomposite. The X-ray photoelectron spectral data revealed the formation of 
      ZnO nanostructures representing the banding energy gap value of 1044.6 and 
      1021.5 eV positions. Moreover, ZnO/RGO nanocomposites displayed excellent 
      photocatalytic degradation with a degradation efficiency of 98.6%. This research 
      not only demonstrates the photocatalytic efficiency of zinc oxide-doped RGO 
      nanosheets but also illustrates the antibacterial efficacy against two different 
      bacterial pathogens including Gram-positive E. coli and Gram-negative S. aureus. 
      Furthermore, this research highlights an eco-friendly and inexpensive preparation 
      of nanocomposite material for a wide range of environmental applications.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2023 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
FAU - Ahmad Wadaan, Mohammad
AU  - Ahmad Wadaan M
AD  - Bio-Products Research Chair, Department of Zoology, College of Sciences, King 
      Saud University, P.O. Box; 2455, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia. Electronic address: 
      wadaan@ksu.edu.sa.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20230614
PL  - England
TA  - Chemosphere
JT  - Chemosphere
JID - 0320657
RN  - SOI2LOH54Z (Zinc Oxide)
RN  - 0 (graphene oxide)
SB  - IM
MH  - *Zinc Oxide/chemistry
MH  - Escherichia coli
MH  - Staphylococcus aureus
MH  - *Nanocomposites/chemistry
MH  - Catalysis
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Bactericidal
OT  - Dye degradation
OT  - Graphene oxide
OT  - Nanosheets
OT  - Organic pollutants
COIS- Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known 
      competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared 
      to influence the work reported in this paper.
EDAT- 2023/06/17 05:11
MHDA- 2023/07/05 06:42
CRDT- 2023/06/16 19:12
PHST- 2023/03/22 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2023/05/18 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2023/05/31 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2023/07/05 06:42 [medline]
PHST- 2023/06/17 05:11 [pubmed]
PHST- 2023/06/16 19:12 [entrez]
AID - S0045-6535(23)01372-3 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.139105 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Chemosphere. 2023 Sep;336:139105. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.139105. Epub 
      2023 Jun 14.