Manganese Dioxide Nanoparticles Prepared by Laser Ablation as Materials with Interesting Electronic, Electrochemical, and Disinfecting Properties in Both Colloidal Suspensions and Deposited on Fluorine-Doped Tin Oxide
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Reagents
2.2. Synthesis of Colloidal MnO2 Nanoparticles by Laser Ablation
2.3. Characterization of Colloidal MnO2
2.4. This Involved the Deposition of Colloidal Nanoparticles on FTO As a Transparent Conductor
2.5. Characterization for MnO2 Deposited on FTO
2.6. Characterization of the Photocatalytic Properties of MnO2 Nanoparticles
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Characterization of Synthesized MnO2 Nanoparticles in Colloidal Suspension
3.2. Characterization of MnO2 NPs Deposited on FTO
3.3. Photocatalytic Study on E. Coli and S. aureus
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Laser Energy (mJ) | Ablation Time (min) | Bandgap (eV) |
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25 | 5 | 5.75 |
10 | 5.82 | |
50 | 5 | 5.61 |
10 | 4.23 | |
80 | 5 | 4.00 |
10 | 3.84 |
Coloring Time (tc, in s) | Bleaching Time (tb, in s) | Contrast (ΔT, in%) | Optical Density (ΔOD) | Efficiency (η, in cm2 C−1) |
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28.2 ± 1.9 | 22.9 ± 3.1 | 12.35 ± 0.61 | 0.059 ± 0.003 | 36.66 ± 0.40 |
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Corrales, J.; Acosta, J.; Castro, S.; Riascos, H.; Serna-Galvis, E.; Torres-Palma, R.A.; Ávila-Torres, Y. Manganese Dioxide Nanoparticles Prepared by Laser Ablation as Materials with Interesting Electronic, Electrochemical, and Disinfecting Properties in Both Colloidal Suspensions and Deposited on Fluorine-Doped Tin Oxide. Nanomaterials 2022, 12, 4061. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12224061
Corrales J, Acosta J, Castro S, Riascos H, Serna-Galvis E, Torres-Palma RA, Ávila-Torres Y. Manganese Dioxide Nanoparticles Prepared by Laser Ablation as Materials with Interesting Electronic, Electrochemical, and Disinfecting Properties in Both Colloidal Suspensions and Deposited on Fluorine-Doped Tin Oxide. Nanomaterials. 2022; 12(22):4061. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12224061
Chicago/Turabian StyleCorrales, Jhonatan, Jorge Acosta, Sandra Castro, Henry Riascos, Efraim Serna-Galvis, Ricardo A. Torres-Palma, and Yenny Ávila-Torres. 2022. "Manganese Dioxide Nanoparticles Prepared by Laser Ablation as Materials with Interesting Electronic, Electrochemical, and Disinfecting Properties in Both Colloidal Suspensions and Deposited on Fluorine-Doped Tin Oxide" Nanomaterials 12, no. 22: 4061. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12224061