Biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles using extract of banana peel waste assisted by microwave irradiation

Abstract Silver (Ag) nanoparticles are among the most desirable nanomaterials for a variety of applications, such as lithium-ion battery, water pollution monitoring, photocatalytic splitting, and medical devices. Their increased production integration in environmental applications play an important role nanoscience nanotechnology engineering. The synthesis methods Ag include physical, chemical, biological routes. In this study, we reported rapid, eco-friendly, cost-efficient method to synthesize using extract banana peel waste reducing capping agent under microwave radiation. A comparison between conventional heating radiation revealed that extraction required much shorter reaction times. effects conditions (banana content time) (silver nitrate concentration on were investigated. optimum found be extraction: 50 g/L peel-to-water ratio time 140 s at 800 W synthesis: 120 1 mM silver solution and. Plasmonic with surface plasmon resonance peak 420 nm average size about 149 synthesized.