Effect of Europium (III) Oxide doping on the nanoscale ceramic Stannates(MSnO3) of Ca, Ba upon photo luminescence, catalytic degradation and anti-microbial activity – Green approach

The study of alkaline earth doped stannate ceramics of Barium and Calcium is being carried out to explore more on the phosphorescent applications. The present study is an energy and cost-efficientgreen approach towards the preparation of Europium (III) doped stannate of Calcium and Barium in the nano scaleas it involves the biowaste of egg shell as a precursor for calcium carbonate and the plant extract of aloe vera as the reaction medium and a comparatively lower calcination temperature than reported so far. The structure, phase purity, surface morphology and applications in terms of photo luminescence, photo catalytic and anti-microbial activities have been investigated. The doping of alkaline earth metal of Europium in lower weight percentage(lesser than one) was carried out at lower processing temperatures than reported earlier. There was a phase transition in the case of barium stannate upon doping and there were observable changes in crystallite size, morphology and microstructure in the case of Stannates of Calcium and Barium. The results of photo luminescence study and the photo catalytic degradation of methylene blue dye were encouraging. The anti-microbial study in terms of toxicity of the doped samples in smaller dosages upon Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus provided a new dimension to their application. article history Received: 22 May 2018 Accepted: 02 August 2018