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Biosynthesis of Cobalt Oxide Nanoparticles - A Short Review

Article history: Received 20 March 2019 Accepted 29 April 2019 Available online 07 June 2019 This short review article presents a summary of ecofriendly ways to synthesize cobalt oxide (Co3O4) nanoparticles using biomaterials like plant extract, bacterium and fungus. Currently, researchers have focused their concentration on the biosynthesis of nanoparticles using biomaterials containing phenols, carbonyls, amines, carbohydrates, proteins and amino acids which act as bio-templates, reducing agents, stabilizing agents, capping agents and chelating agents for nanoparticles. This article also discussed the reports of characterization of cobalt oxide nanoparticles by UV-Vis spectroscopy, diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), selected area electron diffraction (SAED), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), high resolution scanning electron microscopy (HRSEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), atomic force microscopy (AFM) and Brunauer Emmett -Teller (BET) analyzer which were carried out by various researchers. The applications of these biosynthesized cobalt oxide nanoparticles in a wide range of potential zones are listed including antibacterial activity, photo catalyst, sensor and supercapacitor.