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RSC ADVANCES
卷 5, 期 120, 页码 99364-99377出版社
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c5ra20096b
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- Chinese Scholarship Council (CSC) [2014DFH974]
- International Science & Technology Cooperation Program of China [2013DFR90290]
A green and facile method for the synthesis of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) was developed. Phytochemicals from the aqueous extract of Fagonia indica were used to reduce and stabilize gold precursor (HAuCl4) into gold nanoparticles. Various analytical techniques were used to determine size, morphology, composition, crystallinity, and capping biomolecules of the prepared gold nanoparticles. The appearance of characteristic surface plasmon resonance peak (SPR) at 542-565 nm revealed the synthesis of AuNPs (UV-Vis spectroscopy). XRD and EDX studies confirmed the face centered cubic structure and elemental composition of the green synthesized gold nanoparticles. Average particle sizes of 50, 20, and 70 nm were obtained by using the plant concentrations of 5, 10, and 15 mL respectively, with a fixed amount of HAuCl4 (2 mM). The effect of synthesis variables (amount of plant extract and HAuCl4) on the gold nanoparticles was also studied. Under the optimized conditions (10 mL plant extract + 2 mM HAuCl4 and pH 8) the biogenic gold nanoparticles were well dispersed, small sized (15-20 nm), and mostly hexagonal in shapes. These Fagonia indica mediated Au-nanoparticles were observed to have strong catalytic activity for the photocatalytic reduction of methylene blue and chemical reduction of 4-nitrophenol. 80% of MB could be photodegraded under visible-light irradiation after 80 min, showing the excellent photocatalytic activity of biogenic gold nanoparticles. Moreover, the catalytic activity was found to be size dependent. Cyclic voltammetry (CV) indicated the electrochemical reversible oxidation of catechol at the green synthesized Au-NPs modified glassy carbon electrode. The Au-NPs modified electrode showed excellent catalytic activity with strong stability toward the electrochemical oxidation of catechol.
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