Research Article

Use of Vegetable Waste Extracts for Controlling Microstructure of CuO Nanoparticles: Green Synthesis, Characterization, and Photocatalytic Applications

Table 1

FTIR, XRD, and DRS results of CuO NPs samples CuO-1, CuO-2, and CuO-3.

SampleFTIR frequency (cmāˆ’1)XRDBand gap (eV)
Crystallite size (nm)Lattice strain (%)

CuO-1432.18536.21574.7932501.424
CuO-2445.56549.71588.1734501.515
CuO-3447.37551.64590.2233751.521