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Biomass-mediated synthesis of ZnO and Mg@ZnO nanoparticles for enhancing the degradation of m-toluidine and p-toluidine

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This paper investigates the elimination of two different organic dyes, m-toluidine and p-toluidine, utilizing the photocatalytic activity of Mg decorated ZnO nanoparticles that were biosynthesized using a biomass (Portulaca oleracea plant extract). The chemical and physical characteristics of Mg@ZnO nanoparticles were investigated using a variety of characterization techniques, including FTIR, UV, XRD, and SEM. Mg@ZnO nanoparticles organic dyes removal was then compared with pure ZnO nanoparticles. The characterization results have confirmed the biosynthesis of Mg@ZnO nanoparticles with a crystallite size ranged between 22 and 21 nm and band gap of 2.64 eV. The photocatalytic activity results have shown a significant organic dyes removal, where 100% of both m-toluidine and p-toluidine were removed within 60 min. The obtained results prove Mg@ZnO nanoparticles efficiency and its potential use as cost effective and safe alternative for water treatment.

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Barani Djamel: writing the original manuscript and results discussion. Tedjani Mohammed Laid: results interpretation and discussion, online submission, article writing, and revising. Younes Zidane: data collection, preforming the experiments. Meneceur Souhaila: supervision and revising. Laouini Salah Eddine: supervision and revising. Hammami Hadia: reviewing and revising. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Barani, D., Tedjani, M.L., Younes, Z. et al. Biomass-mediated synthesis of ZnO and Mg@ZnO nanoparticles for enhancing the degradation of m-toluidine and p-toluidine. Biomass Conv. Bioref. 13, 7311–7318 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-022-03411-2

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