Green synthesis of silver nanoparticles using photo-induced reduction method

Silver Nanoparticles (AgNPs) has been successfully synthetized in this study using photoinduced reduction method with monochromatic light. In this method we use sodium citrate as capping agent without additional reducing agent. Silver nanoparticles characterized using Ultraviolet-Visible Spectroscopy (UV-Vis) and X-ray Diffraction (XRD). The synthetized AgNPs show that wavelength of light can affect the properties of AgNPs based on absorption spectra of UV-Vis. XRD measurement showed the characteristic peak of silver at 2θ of 38.060, 44.140, 64.470, and 77.400.