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Sensitive Detection of Sulphide Ions Using Green Synthesized Monometallic and Bimetallic Nanoparticles: Comparative Study

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In this study, green synthesized nanoparticles based spectrophotometric probe is used for highly sensitive, rapid and selective determination of sulphide anion. Nowadays, the concentration of sulphide anions in surrounding environment had tremendously increased due to anthropogenic activities. Release of untreated contaminated waste water from industries containing sulphide anions not only effect the human life but also negatively impact the aquatic and terrestrial life. Keeping in view the urgency to perform quantification of sulphide anions, an environmental friendly and economical biogenic method is considered for the fabrication of monometallic and bimetallic nanoparticles. Copper and silver monometallic nanoparticles and their alloy nanoparticles were prepared by using Psidium guajava leaves extract. Further these prepared nanoparticles were employed for detection of sulphide anions along with optimization of different experimental parameters. Optimum detection of analyte by monometallic and bimetallic nanoparticles occurred at higher pH conditions because in basic medium, proton dissociate from binding sites and enhanced the interaction of sulphide anions with the nanoparticles. Characterization of the prepared nanoparticles was carried out by UV–Vis spectroscopy, FTIR spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction analysis. In UV–Vis spectroscopy, Cu NPs, Ag NPs and bimetallic NPs showed absorption peaks at 343 nm, 462 nm and 352 nm respectively. FTIR spectroscopy confirmed the role of phytochemicals as natural reducing agent toward synthesis of Cu NPs, Ag NPs and bimetallic NPs. X-ray diffraction analysis confirmed the amorphous nature and average particle size of Cu NPs, Ag NPs and bimetallic NPs is calculated to be 78.1 nm, 88.4 nm and 72.6 nm. Application of monometallic and bimetallic nanoparticles as sensing probe for sulphide anions was performed with standard and real water samples under same experimental conditions. In case of copper nanoparticles (Cu NPs), recovery of sulphide anions from real sample was 72% and for silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) it was 83%. On the other hand, bimetallic NPs depicted a recovery value of 90.6%. These efficient results for bimetallic nanoparticles can be attributed to their greater active sites and surface area.

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Zaib, M., Malik, T., Akhtar, N. et al. Sensitive Detection of Sulphide Ions Using Green Synthesized Monometallic and Bimetallic Nanoparticles: Comparative Study. Waste Biomass Valor 13, 2447–2459 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12649-021-01665-x

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