Insights on photocatalytic dye inactivation and antimicrobial activity of pH-dependent facile synthesised copper oxide nanoparticles

Photocatalytic efficacy of copper oxide nanoparticles (CuO Nps) synthesised by a simple wet chemical route at different pH values ranging from 4 to 10 was investigated. The synthesised nanoparticles were characterised by analytical tools such as X-ray diffraction (XRD), diffuse reflectance spectroscopy, photoluminescence, scanning electron microscope and Raman spectroscopy. The XRD pattern endorses the formation of monoclinic CuO with an average...