Multifunctional Cu2SnS3 Nanoparticles with Enhanced Photocatalytic Dye Degradation and Antibacterial Activity

Harshad D Shelke; Archana R Machale; Avinash A Survase; Habib M Pathan; Chandrakant D Lokhande; Abhishek C Lokhande; Shoyebmohamad F Shaikh; Abu Ul Hassan S Rana; Marimuthu Palaniswami

doi:10.3390/ma15093126

Multifunctional Cu₂SnS₃ Nanoparticles with Enhanced Photocatalytic Dye Degradation and Antibacterial Activity

Materials (Basel). 2022 Apr 26;15(9):3126. doi: 10.3390/ma15093126.

Authors

Harshad D Shelke¹, Archana R Machale², Avinash A Survase³, Habib M Pathan¹, Chandrakant D Lokhande⁴, Abhishek C Lokhande⁵, Shoyebmohamad F Shaikh⁶, Abu Ul Hassan S Rana⁷, Marimuthu Palaniswami⁷

Affiliations

¹ Advanced Physics Laboratory, Department of Physics, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune 411007, Maharashtra, India.
² Solid State Physics Laboratory, Department of Physics, Yashwantrao Chavan Institute of Science, Satara 415001, Maharashtra, India.
³ Rayat Institute of Research and Development Center, Satara 415001, Maharashtra, India.
⁴ Centre for Interdisciplinary Research, D. Y. Patil Educational Society, Kolhapur 416006, Maharashtra, India.
⁵ Department of Physics, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi P.O. Box 127788, United Arab Emirates.
⁶ Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
⁷ Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia.

Abstract

We present a simplistic, ultrafast, and facile hydrothermal deposition of ternary Cu₂SnS₃ nanoparticles (CTS NPs). The fabricated CTS NPs show superior antimicrobial and photocatalytic activities. In the presence of UV-Visible illumination, methylene blue (MB) dye was studied for photocatalytic dye degradation activity of CTS NPs. Excellent efficiency is shown by incorporating CTS NPs to degrade MB dye. There is a ~95% decrease in the absorbance peak of the dye solution within 120 min. Similarly, CTS NPs tested against three bacterial strains, i.e., B. subtilis, S. aureus, P. vulgaris, and one fungal strain C. albicans, defining the lowest inhibitory concentration and zone of inhibition, revealed greater antimicrobial activity. Hence, it is concluded that the CTS NPs are photocatalytically and antimicrobially active and have potential in biomedicine.

Keywords: antimicrobial activity; dye degradation; hydrothermal; methylene blue; nanoparticles; pathogenic strain; photocatalytic movement.