Nanoscale Zero-valent Silver and Graphene Oxide Nanoparticles: Facile Synthesis and Characterization

Nouran Yousri

Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Benha University, Benha13518, Egypt.

Hesham H. El-Feky *

Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Benha University, Benha13518, Egypt.

Mostafa Y. Nassar

Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Benha University, Benha13518, Egypt and Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa 31982, Saudi Arabia.

Alaa S. Amin

Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Benha University, Benha13518, Egypt.

*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.


Abstract

We herein report a direct and facile hydrothermal method for the preparation of zero-valent silver nanoparticles using a mixture of ascorbic acid/starch as a reducing agent. The average crystallite size of the prepared Ag0 nanoparticles was ca. 46.7 nm. The zero-valent silver nano-products were characterized by using FT-IR, FE-SEM, and XRD analyses. In addition, this work shows an improved synthesis of graphene oxide nanoparticles. The average crystallite size of the prepared graphene-oxide nanoparticles was ca. 6.0nm. The graphene oxide nanoparticles were also characterized by using FT-IR, FE-SEM, and XRD analyses.

Keywords: Silver nanoparticles, Graphene oxide, hydrothermal, ascorbic acid and starch


How to Cite

Yousri, Nouran, Hesham H. El-Feky, Mostafa Y. Nassar, and Alaa S. Amin. 2024. “Nanoscale Zero-Valent Silver and Graphene Oxide Nanoparticles: Facile Synthesis and Characterization”. Asian Journal of Chemical Sciences 14 (3):63-70. https://doi.org/10.9734/ajocs/2024/v14i3310.