Preparation, and structural of new NiS-SiO2 and Cr2S3-TiO2 nano-catalyst: photocatalytic and antimicrobial studies

Abstract

NiS-SiO 2 and Cr 2 S 3 -TiO 2 synthesized by Ultrasound–Microwave method was tested for the photo-degradation of methyl red as azo dye under ultraviolet (UV) light. The structure and morphology of the synthesized materials were examined through scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction and photoelectron spectroscopy, energy-dispersive spectroscopy, dynamic light scattering and the band gap energy differences were determined through diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS). The crystallite size and band gap values of SiO 2 , TiO 2 , NiS-SiO 2 and Cr 2 S 3 -TiO 2 –1 were obtained from XRD and UV–vis DRS analysis and found insignificant 44.22, 54.11, and 57.11 nm, and 8.9, 3.2, 3.0, 2.7 eV, respectively. The NiS-SiO 2 and Cr 2 S 3 -TiO 2 nanocomposites exhibited good stability and catalytic performance in the azo dye degradation; the composite provides a complete degradation after 50 min under UV irradiation. The effects of different quencher compounds on the Methyl red dye degradation were also investigated. The result for this experiment shows the system without the quencher was highly degradation of Methyl red. The antibacterial influence of the SiO 2 , TiO 2 , NiS-SiO 2 and Cr 2 S 3 -TiO 2 –1 were studied versus two species bacteria. The antifungal performance of this nanoparticle was analyzed versus two species fungi as the C. albicans and P. funiculosum. Biological data demonstrated that the prepared catalyst has great bactericidal and fungicidal properties.