Polydopamine-Mediated Ag and ZnO as an Active and Recyclable SERS Substrate for Rhodamine B with Significantly Improved Enhancement Factor and Efficient Photocatalytic Degradation
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Preparation of Zinc Oxide Substrate (ZnO@GMF)
2.2. Preparation of PDA-Reduced Silver on Zinc Oxide Substrate (Ag/PDA/ZnO@GMF)
2.3. Preparation of Polydopamine-Reduced Silver Nanoparticles in Glass Fiber Filter Paper (Ag/PDA@GMF)
2.4. Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy for Detection Limit Test
2.5. Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy for Monitoring the Reaction Degradation of Rhodamine B
2.6. ICP-MS Sample Preparation
3. Results
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A
2 h | 4 h | 6 h | 8 h | 10 h | 12 h | |
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10−3 M | 4.72 × 104 | 5.36 × 104 | 7.14 × 104 | 8.94 × 104 | 6.42 × 104 | 6.67 × 104 |
10−4 M | 2.50 × 105 | 4.69 × 105 | 7.21 × 105 | 7.30 × 105 | 4.51 × 105 | 6.46 × 105 |
10−5 M | 2.86 × 106 | 6.11 × 106 | 6.41 × 106 | 3.64 × 106 | 5.63 × 106 | |
10−6 M | 4.75 × 107 | 5.71 × 107 | 1.64 × 107 | 3.43 × 107 | ||
10−7 M | 2.39 × 108 | 5.02 × 108 | ||||
10−8 M | 2.31 × 109 | |||||
10−9 M | 1.95 × 1010 |
Time (h) | Reaction Rate Constant (min−1) | R Squared |
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2 | 0.0134 | 0.9866 |
4 | 0.0187 | 0.9637 |
6 | 0.0251 | 0.9796 |
8 | 0.0391 | 0.9680 |
10 | 0.0316 | 0.9813 |
12 | 0.0294 | 0.9717 |
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SERS Substrate Based on ZnO | SERS Reporters | EF | Ref. |
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Ag/ZnO nano arrays | benzenethiol, Rhodamine 6 G, adenine | 1010–1011 | [19] |
Au/ZnO Nano Rods/Graphite | Rhodamine 6 G | 2.3 × 106 | [20] |
Si/ZnO nanotrees | Rhodamine 6 G | 106 | [21] |
Ag@ZnO Nanorods | Rhodamine 6 G | 1.6 × 106 | [22] |
Ag/ZnO/Si | Rhodamine 6 G | 8.7 × 107 | [23] |
Au/ZnO | phenanthrene | 106 | [24] |
Ag/ZnO-nanorods | 4-aminothiophenol | 3.5 × 107 | [25] |
ZnO/graphene/Ag | Rhodamine 6 G | 0.95 × 1012 | [26] |
Mg/ZnO heterostructure | 4-MPY | 1.36 × 107 | [27] |
Au/ZnO nanorods | Dopamine | 1.2 × 104 | [28] |
ZnO/ZnS/MoS2 | Rhodamine 6 G | 1.4 × 108 | [29] |
ZnO/Au Nanoarrays | Rhodamine 6 G | 1.2 × 107 | [30] |
Ag/PDA/ZnO@GMF | Rhodamine B | 1010 | Our substrate |
Sample | Zn (μg/mL) | Ag (μg/mL) |
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Blank | 5.12 × 10−4 | 0.07 × 10−4 |
0 h | 42.5 | 1.86 × 10−4 |
2 h | 34.5 | 2.00 |
4 h | 44.9 | 4.49 |
6 h | 41.8 | 7.46 |
8 h | 41.1 | 10.2 |
10 h | 37.8 | 10.8 |
12 h | 39.3 | 12.8 |
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Chin, H.-K.; Lin, P.-Y.; Chen, J.; Kirankumar, R.; Wen, Z.-H.; Hsieh, S. Polydopamine-Mediated Ag and ZnO as an Active and Recyclable SERS Substrate for Rhodamine B with Significantly Improved Enhancement Factor and Efficient Photocatalytic Degradation. Appl. Sci. 2021, 11, 4914. https://doi.org/10.3390/app11114914
Chin H-K, Lin P-Y, Chen J, Kirankumar R, Wen Z-H, Hsieh S. Polydopamine-Mediated Ag and ZnO as an Active and Recyclable SERS Substrate for Rhodamine B with Significantly Improved Enhancement Factor and Efficient Photocatalytic Degradation. Applied Sciences. 2021; 11(11):4914. https://doi.org/10.3390/app11114914
Chicago/Turabian StyleChin, Hsien-Kuo, Pei-Ying Lin, Jyunde Chen, Rajendranath Kirankumar, Zhi-Hong Wen, and Shuchen Hsieh. 2021. "Polydopamine-Mediated Ag and ZnO as an Active and Recyclable SERS Substrate for Rhodamine B with Significantly Improved Enhancement Factor and Efficient Photocatalytic Degradation" Applied Sciences 11, no. 11: 4914. https://doi.org/10.3390/app11114914