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Enhanced photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants by lysozyme-mediated zinc oxide nanoparticles

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Lysozyme-mediated zinc oxide nanoparticles (LZ NPs) and zinc oxide nanoparticles (Z NPs) were synthesized by a simple wet chemical route for a comparative study of photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants. We used X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, zeta potential measurement, field-emission scanning electron microscopy and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy to characterize the synthesized LZ and Z NPs. The synthesized NPs were utilized for photocatalytic degradation of malachite green (MG) and methylene blue (MB) dyes under UV-light irradiation. The photocatalytic performance showed that LZ NPs exhibited 96.80 and 94.03% degradation of MG and MB dyes in 120 min, respectively. Meanwhile, relatively low photocatalytic degradation efficiency 88.60 and 87.02% were observed with Z NPs for MG and MB dyes in 120 min, respectively. Our results showed enhanced photo-degradation activity of the newly synthesized LZ NPs compared to that of Z NPs.

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DDM would like to acknowledge the support from TWAS research grant (RGA No.: 12-143 RG/PHYS_AS_I-UNESCO). We appreciate Ms Naina Byanjankar and Dr Tista Prasai Joshi of Nepal Academy of Science and Technology for helping in the zeta potential measurement.

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  1. Nanomaterials Research Laboratory, Nepal Academy of Science and Technology, Lalitpur, 44700, Nepal

    Deependra Das Mulmi

  2. Department of Physics, Patan Multiple Campus, Tribhuvan University, Lalitpur, 44700, Nepal

    Raju Bhattarai & Ram Bahadur Thapa

  3. Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China

    Rashmi Koju

  4. Department of Physics, Brooklyn College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, Brooklyn, New York, 11210, USA

    Mim Lal Nakarmi

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Mulmi, D.D., Bhattarai, R., Thapa, R.B. et al. Enhanced photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants by lysozyme-mediated zinc oxide nanoparticles. Bull Mater Sci 45, 75 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12034-022-02657-w

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