Ultrasound assisted preparation and characterization of Ag supported on ZnO nanoparticles for visible light degradation of methylene blue dye

The present work reports sonochemical preparation of zinc oxide (ZnO) and silver decorated ZnO (9 wt%) with the use of zinc acetate, silver nitrate and sodium carbonate as precursors in 60 min duration. The resulted ZnO and silver decorated ZnO nanoparticles were characterized with SEM, FE-SEM, FTIR, XRD and UV–Vis techniques. XRD analysis reveals hexagonal quartzite crystalline phase of ZnO with highest purity. The doping of silver differs the...