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Yellow light emission from Mn2+ doped ZnS nanoparticles

C. S. PATHAK1, M. K. MANDAL1,*

Affiliation

  1. Department of Physics, National Institute of Technology, Durgapur-713209, India

Abstract

Zinc sulphide nanoparticle with manganese doped (2-6%), (ZnS: Mn2+) have been investigated. These Mn2+ doped ZnS nanoparticles have been synthesized by chemical precipitation method at room temperature. So-prepared Mn2+ doped ZnS nanoparticles then characterized by using X-ray diffraction (XRD), Scanning electron microscope (SEM), UV-Vis spectrophotometer, Photoluminescence (PL) using F-2500FL Spectrophotometer. The size of the particle is found to be in 5.24-5.64 nm range. The value of optical band gap has been found to be in range 3.87-4.46 eV. Room temperature photoluminescence (PL) spectrum of the undoped sample exhibit a blue emission peaked at 375 nm under UV excitation. The Mn2+ -doped sample exhibits a yellow emission peaked at 577 nm..

Keywords

ZnS, Nanoparticle, XRD, UV-Vis, Optical absorption, Band gap.

Citation

C. S. PATHAK, M. K. MANDAL, Yellow light emission from Mn2+ doped ZnS nanoparticles, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 5, 3, March 2011, pp.211-214 (2011).

Submitted at: Jan. 27, 2011

Accepted at: March 16, 2011