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Influence of Zinc doping on the structural and optical properties of chemically synthesized PbO nanocrystals

N. MYTHILI1, K. T. ARULMOZHI2,*

Affiliation

  1. Department of Physics, Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu-608 002, India
  2. Physics wing (DDE), Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu-608 002, India

Abstract

Doped semiconductor nanoparticles have greater impact on their structural and optical properties due to quantum size effects. Zn doped PbO nanoparticles are synthesized by chemical precipitation with Lead (II) Acetate and Zinc Acetate Trihydrate as precursors. The synthesized particles are characterized using X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR), UV-Visible spectroscopy (UV-Vis), Photoluminescence spectroscopy (PL), Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FESEM) and Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS), High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy (HRTEM). XRD studies reveal that the average crystallites are in the range of 23 and 40 nm and Specific Surface Area (SSA) is also determined. Zn doped PbO Nanocrystals exhibit the blue shift around 250 nm in the absorption spectra and the band gap is around 3.87 eV. FT-IR shows the metal vibrations and EDS spectrum reveals the elemental concentrations. The results imply that Zn doping enhance the structural and optical properties of PbO nanocrystals..

Keywords

Zn doped PbO, Nanocrystals, Chemical method, Optical-structural properties.

Citation

N. MYTHILI, K. T. ARULMOZHI, Influence of Zinc doping on the structural and optical properties of chemically synthesized PbO nanocrystals, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 8, 3-4, March-April 2014, pp.221-224 (2014).

Submitted at: Oct. 2, 2013

Accepted at: March 13, 2014