Green Synthesis and Characterization of Ripe Banana Peels Stabilized Iron Nanoparticles

Abstract

In this work, we demonstrate for the first time bio-inspired iron nanoparticles prepared from ripe banana peels extract (RBPE) through green synthesis procedure and characterized by various physicochemical techniques like UV-visible spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), tunneling electron microscopy (TEM) and energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry (EDS) and X-ray diffraction. The results obtained confirmed the synthesis of polydisperse and stable iron nanoparticles (FeNPs) by the ripe banana peels extract. Moreover, FTIR spectroscopy indicated the involvement of phenols, nitriles and carboxylic groups in the synthesis process.