Synthesis and charcterization of Cu-doped TiO2 (Cu/TiO2) nanoparticle as antifungal phytophthora palmivora

Abstract

Preparation of Cu-doped TiO2 nanoparticles (Cu/TiO2) as antifungal Phytophthorapalmivorahas been carried out. In this study, we did a synthesis of Cu/TiO2 nanoparticles by the sol-gel method and determine the performance of the modification of Cu/TiO2 nanoparticles as antifungal agents P. palmivora. The stages of this research include synthesis of Cu/TiO2 nanoparticles using the sol-gel method, characterization of Cu/TiO2 nanoparticles using UV-Vis DRS and characterization of Cu/TiO2 nanoparticles using SEM-EDX, and P. palmivora antifungal activity test. TiO2 is known to be used as an antifungal agent and to increase photocatalyticactivity, TiO2 is doped with Cu metal ions to be active in visible light. The results showed that Cu/TiO2 has a band gap energy of 3.12 eV. Based on the results of SEM-EDX analysis of TiO2-Cu nanoparticles confirmed the presence of elements Cu (2.16%), Ti (28.74%) and O (69.10%) with morphological shapes such as irregular spheres. Cu/TiO2 nanoparticles have a strong ability at concentrations of 0.05% and 2.5% in inhibiting the growth of the fungus P. palmivora. Percent inhibition respectively 60.41% and 75% and at concentrations>3% have activities that can kill P. palmivora fungus.