Silver Doped Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles Synthesized for Photocatalysis Application

Abstract

Zinc oxide (ZnO) is considered to be an effective photocatalyst compared to other semiconducting metal oxides. Here, ZnO is synthesized with various proportions of silver (0 to 5 wt.%) using refluxed chemical method. Structural properties were studied using X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), morphological properties were studied using a scanning electron microscope (SEM) and optical properties were studied using UV-visible spectroscopy. With the incorporation of the appropriate amount of Ag nanoparticles, the photodegradation experiment was carried out under visible light. The dye degradation experiment shows that photocatalytic efficiency increases with an increase in the amount of Ag doping up to 5 wt%.