Halloysite Ag-carrying antibacterial agent and preparation method thereof

The invention provides a halloysite Ag-carrying antibacterial agent and a preparation method thereof. The preparation method comprises the following steps: (1) activating halloysite: adding the halloysite with the purity of not less than 80wt% to 1-5wt% of nitric acid solution, and stirring for activating at normal temperature, wherein, the solid-to-liquid ratio of a reaction system is 5-10% (mass percent); (2) drying: centrifugally dewatering and drying the activated halloysite to obtain the activated and dried halloysite; (3) loading: preparing 0.5-3wt% of silver nitrate solution, adjusting the pH value of the silver nitrate solution with dilute nitric acid to 5-6, adding the activated and dried halloysite, and stirring at the temperature of 40-60 DEG C for 0.5-2h, wherein, the solid-to-liquid ratio of a reaction system is 5-20% (mass percent); and (4) after reaction is ended, carrying out centrifugal filtration on the product, washing and drying the obtained filter cake to obtain the halloysite Ag-carrying antibacterial agent. The preparation method is simple and has low production cost and good loading effect; and the halloysite Ag-carrying antibacterial agent obtained by the preparation method has the advantages of good antibacterial effect, broad-spectrum antibacterial function, firm loading and good slow-releasing property of antibacterial silver ions, and good heat resistance.