Chemical Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles Using Tri-sodium Citrate, Stability Study and Their Characterization

Abstract

The present work was aimed to study the synthesis of silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) using Tri-Sodium Citrate (TSC), stability study of synthesized Ag NPs and their characterization. Synthesis of Ag NPs has been carried out by maintaining different conditions such as TSC concentration (0.50, 1.00 and 1.50%), AgNO3 concentration (0.50, 1.00 and 1.50 mM) and stirring time (10, 15 and 20 min). The stability study of synthesized Ag NPs conducted for 30 days without adding any stabilizing agents. The characterization of synthesized Ag NPs was carried out for different parameters like particle size and zeta potential using particle size analyzer, absorbance peak by UV-Visible spectrophotometer, morphology by Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), crystallinity by X-Ray Diffractometer (XRD) and material structural characteristics by Atomic Force Microscope (AFM). The stable chemically synthesized Ag NPs were obtained at C20 (AgNO3 concentration of 1.5 mM, TSC 1.5% and stirring time 20 min) (desirability 99.97%), with average particle size of 22.14 nm and average absorbance peak of 449.85 nm.