Open AccessMicrowave assisted green synthesis of ZnO nanotubes using Amorphophallus paeoniifolius tuber extract.
Author(s) -
Pankaj Kumar,
B. Vijayakumar,
R. Ranjith
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/1070/1/012136
Subject(s) - wurtzite crystal structure , high resolution transmission electron microscopy , materials science , nanoparticle , zinc , nuclear chemistry , fourier transform infrared spectroscopy , chemical engineering , nanotechnology , microwave , chemistry , transmission electron microscopy , metallurgy , physics , quantum mechanics , engineering
Green nanoparticle synthesis is gaining significant interest and is the perfect alternative to the chemical and physical synthesis process. This paper introduces a novel plant-mediated microwave-assisted green synthesis of Zinc Oxide (ZnO) nanotubes using Amorphophallus paeoniifolius tuber extract. In the nanoparticle synthesis process, the tubers phytochemicals serve as a reducing agent and a bio template. The synthesized nanoparticles are exposed to microwave radiation for 15 minutes and are then annealed at 400°C for 1 hour. The green synthesized nanoparticles are analyzed with XRD, UV-Vis spectroscopy, HRTEM, EDX, and FTIR spectroscopy. Subsequently, TEM images depicts the tube-shaped ZnO NPs with d-spacing of 2.3Å. The XRD confirms the wurtzite phase with 14 nm as mean particle size.