Synthesis and Characterization of ZnO Nanostructures by Polymeric Precursor Route

• Authors: R. Razavi , M. Loghman-Estarki , M. Farhadi-Khouzani
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Zinc oxide nano- and submicrostructures have been synthesized controllably by polymeric precursor method (Pechini). In this approach, zinc acetate Zn(CH_3COO^{-})_2·2H_2O, citric acid and ethylene glycol were used as the source of Zn^{2+}, the chelating agent and the connecting agent, respectively. The microstructure of the ZnO nano- and submicrostructures was characterized by X-ray diffractometry and scanning electron microscopy and the optical property was investigated by the room temperature photoluminescence spectra. The effect of ethylene glycol to citric acid mole ratio on the morphology and structure of the products was discussed.

Keywords

EN

78.67.-n

Discipline

• 78.67.-n: Optical properties of low-dimensional, mesoscopic, and nanoscale materials and structures(for magnetic properties of nanostructures, see 75.75.-c; for electronic transport in nanoscale structures, see 73.63.-b; for mechanical properties of nanoscale systems, see 62.25.-g)

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 121
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 98-100

Dates

published

2012-01

Contributors

author

R. Razavi

• Department of Materials Engineering, Malek Ashtar University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran

author

M. Loghman-Estarki

• Department of Materials Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran

author

M. Farhadi-Khouzani

• Department of Materials Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.121.98