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Effective adsorption of fluorescent congo red azo dye from aqueous solution by green synthesized nanosphere ZnO/CuO composite using propolis as bee byproduct extract

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Radwan, Ahmed, Mohamed, Samir O., Khalil, Mostafa M. H., El-Sewify, Islam M.·2024·Scientific Reports
DOI 10.1038/s41598-024-58306-1PMC PMC11032356
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Abstract The indirect dumping of massive volumes of toxic dyes into water has seriously affected the ecosystem. Owing to the many applications of the designed nanomaterials in the manufacturing process, there is a lot of research interest in synthesizing nanomaterials using green processes. In this research, the byproduct of bee was employed to synthesize nanoparticles (NPs) of ZnO, CuO, and biosynthesized ZnO/CuO (BZC) nanocomposite via utilizing a green and simple approach. To validate the effective fabrication of BZC nanocomposite, various characterization measurements were applied. FTIR analysis identified the functional groups in charge of producing nanoparticles and nanocomposites. Moreover, the existence of ZnO and CuO XRD peaks suggests that the nanocomposites were successfully biosynthesized. The high-resolution XPS spectrum of the BZC nanocomposite’s Zn2p3, Cu2p3, and O1s were observed. Our findings indicate the successful engineering of the prepared nanomaterials and BZC nanocomposite. Our findings indicate the successful engineering of the prepared nanomaterials and BZC nanocomposite. For Congo red (CR) fluorescent stain azo dye elimination in water, all adsorption parameters were examined at room temperature. Moreover, the adsorption experiments revealed the removal capacity for uptake CR dye using BZC nanocomposite (90.14 mg g −1 ). Our results show that the BZC nanocomposite exhibited high removal capability for the adsorption of CR dye. The nanosphere adsorbent offered a simple, low-cost, and green approach for water purification and industrial wastewater control.

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Authors
Radwan, A., Mohamed, S. O., Khalil, M. M. H., & El-Sewify, I. M.
Affiliations
  • Ain Shams University (EG)
  • Aljanad University for Science and Technology (YE)
Corresponding author
Khalil, Mostafa M. H.
ORCID
Venue
Scientific Reports
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2024-04-20
Volume
14
Issue
1
Pages
9061-9061
ISSN
2045-2322 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1038/s41598-024-58306-1
PMC
PMC11032356
OpenAlex
W4394979614
Cited by
31
References
38
Citations by year
2026: 8 · 2025: 13 · 2024: 10
FWCI
3.56
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Licence
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  • Scientific Reports (publishedVersion, cc-by)
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  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
  • Greater South Information System
Funders
Ain Shams University
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Water Science and Technology › Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Environmental remediation with nanomaterials
  • Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Materials Chemistry › Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications
Keywords
Congo red, azo dye adsorption, ZnO/CuO nanocomposite, green synthesis, propolis, biosynthesized nanoparticles, nanospheres, dye removal, wastewater treatment, fluorescent dyes

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