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On the Use of Moringa Oleifera Leaves Extract for the Biosynthesis of NiO and ZnO Nanoparticles

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2020

I. Ngom ,
N. M. Ndiaye ,
A. Fall ,
M. Bakayoko ,
B. D. Ngom  and
M. Maaza
I. Ngom*
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Photonique Quantique, Energie et Nano-Fabrication, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar (UCAD) B.P. 5005 Dakar-Fann, Dakar, Sénégal UNESCO-UNISA Africa Chair in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (U2ACN2), College of Graduate Studies, University of South Africa, Muckleneuk Ridge, PO Box 392, Pretoria, South Africa Nanosciences Africa Network (NANOAFNET), iThemba LABS-National Research Foundation, 1 Old Faure Road, Somerset West 7129, PO Box 722, Western Cape, South Africa
N. M. Ndiaye
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Photonique Quantique, Energie et Nano-Fabrication, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar (UCAD) B.P. 5005 Dakar-Fann, Dakar, Sénégal
A. Fall
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Photonique Quantique, Energie et Nano-Fabrication, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar (UCAD) B.P. 5005 Dakar-Fann, Dakar, Sénégal UNESCO-UNISA Africa Chair in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (U2ACN2), College of Graduate Studies, University of South Africa, Muckleneuk Ridge, PO Box 392, Pretoria, South Africa Nanosciences Africa Network (NANOAFNET), iThemba LABS-National Research Foundation, 1 Old Faure Road, Somerset West 7129, PO Box 722, Western Cape, South Africa
M. Bakayoko
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Photonique Quantique, Energie et Nano-Fabrication, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar (UCAD) B.P. 5005 Dakar-Fann, Dakar, Sénégal UNESCO-UNISA Africa Chair in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (U2ACN2), College of Graduate Studies, University of South Africa, Muckleneuk Ridge, PO Box 392, Pretoria, South Africa Nanosciences Africa Network (NANOAFNET), iThemba LABS-National Research Foundation, 1 Old Faure Road, Somerset West 7129, PO Box 722, Western Cape, South Africa
B. D. Ngom
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Photonique Quantique, Energie et Nano-Fabrication, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar (UCAD) B.P. 5005 Dakar-Fann, Dakar, Sénégal UNESCO-UNISA Africa Chair in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (U2ACN2), College of Graduate Studies, University of South Africa, Muckleneuk Ridge, PO Box 392, Pretoria, South Africa
M. Maaza
Affiliation:
UNESCO-UNISA Africa Chair in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (U2ACN2), College of Graduate Studies, University of South Africa, Muckleneuk Ridge, PO Box 392, Pretoria, South Africa Nanosciences Africa Network (NANOAFNET), iThemba LABS-National Research Foundation, 1 Old Faure Road, Somerset West 7129, PO Box 722, Western Cape, South Africa
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*(Email: idngom@yahoo.fr)
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Abstract

This contribution reports on the biosynthesis of nickel oxide and zinc oxide nanoparticles (NiO-NPs & ZnO-NPs) via a natural extract from Moringa Oleifera leaves as an effective chelating and/or oxidizing/reduction agent of nickel nitrate hexahydrate and zinc nitrate hexahydrate. The structural and optical properties of these two types of semiconductors obtained in a similar procedure are investigated using X-rays Diffraction (XRD), Attenuated Total Reflection-Fourier Transform Infrared (ATR-FTIR), diffuse reflectance UV-Visible-NIR and Photoluminescence (PL) techniques. The structural analysis shows the formation of pure cubic NiO-NPs and pure wurtzite ZnO-NPs with an average crystallite size of 17.80 nm and 10.81 nm respectively. Their band gaps, calculated from the diffuse reflectance analysis were found to be 4.28 eV and 3.35 eV respectively.

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MRS Advances , Volume 5 , Issue 21-22: African Materials Research Society 2019 , 2020 , pp. 1145 - 1155
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