• ARUMUGAM MURUGESH
• MUNIYAPPAN MOHAN
• ATHIANNA MUTHUSAMY

Zinc oxide nanoparticles have semiconducting and photocatalytic properties and are finding application in transparent electronics, chemical sensors and spin electronics. Silver is a good candidate for forming shallow acceptor level in ZnO, which improves the suitaility for various optical and photocatalytic applications. Besides Ag doping in ZnO improves the surface charge distribution and discarded recombination of photo generated electron-hole. The photocatalytic activity is further enhanced by the incorporation of ZnO/Ag nanoparticles into a polymer matrix. In this research work, we have synthesised three PoPD(poly o-phenylene diamine) /Ag-ZnO nanocomposites. The nanoparticles and PoPD/Ag-ZnO nanocomposites were characterized by FTIR, XRD, FESEM and UV- visible spectroscopy.

Nanoparticles, Nanocomposites, Photocatalytic studies

"Ag-ZnO NANOCOMPOSITES: SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERISATION AND PHOTOCATALYTIC STUDIES", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 10, page no.230-237, October-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1810937.pdf

"Ag-ZnO NANOCOMPOSITES: SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERISATION AND PHOTOCATALYTIC STUDIES", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 10, page no. pp230-237, October-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1810937.pdf