Boosted spatial charge carrier separation of binary ZnFeO/S-g-CN heterojunction for visible-light-driven photocatalytic activity and antimicrobial performance.

A potential method for removing toxins from contaminated wastewater, especially organic pollutants, is photo-catalysis. Here, a simple technique for producing zinc ferrite nanoparticles (ZnFeO NPS) with varying quantities of sulphur doped graphitic carbon nitride nanocomposites (ZnFeO/S-g-CN NCs) has been described. Then, using X-ray diffraction (XRD), TEM, EDX, XPS, photocurrent response, EIS, and Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), the photo-catalytic activity of the produced nanoparticles (NPs) and nanocomposites (NCs) was examined and evaluated. The photo-catalytic activity of ZnFeO/S-g-CN NCs was compared to a model pollutant dye, methylene blue, while degradation was evaluated spectrophotometrically (MB). Solar light has been used through irradiation as a source of lighting. The photocatalytic behaviour of the ZnFeO/S-g-CN NCs photocatalyst was superior to that of genuine ZnFeO and S-g-CN, which was attributed to synergic effects at the ZnFeO/S-g-CN interconnection. Antimicrobial activity of ZnFeO/S-g-CN against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria under visible light was performed. In addition, these ZnFeO/S-g-CN NCs show a lot of promise as an antibacterial agent.