Acacia nilotica Pods’ Extract Assisted-Hydrothermal Synthesis and Characterization of ZnO-CuO Nanocomposites |
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| Authors: | Manal Hessien Amel Taha Enshirah Da&#x;na |
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| Institution: | 1.Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Faisal University, P.O. Box 400, Al-Ahsa 31982, Saudi Arabia;2.Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Al-Neelain University, Khartoum 11121, Sudan;3.Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, King Faisal University, P.O. Box 400, Al-Ahsa 31982, Saudi Arabia; |
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| Abstract: | This work represents a novel combination between Acacia nilotica pods’ extract and the hydrothermal method to prepare nanoparticles of pure zinc oxide and pure copper oxide and nanocomposites of both oxides in different ratios. Five samples were prepared with different ratios of zinc oxide and copper oxide; 100% ZnO (ZC0), 75% ZnO: 25% CuO (ZC25), 50% ZnO: 50% CuO (ZC50), 25% ZnO: 75% CuO (ZC75), and 100% CuO (ZC100). Several techniques have been applied to characterize the prepared powders as FTIR, XRD, SEM, and TEM. The XRD results confirm the formation of the hexagonal wurtzite phase of zinc oxide and the monoclinic tenorite phase of copper oxide. The microscopy results show the formation of a heterostructure of nanocomposites with an average particle size of 13–27 nm. |
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| Keywords: | Acacia nilotica wurtzite ZnO tenorite CuO nanocomposite microstructure |
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