Synthesis and characterization of aluminum doped zinc oxide nanostructures via hydrothermal route
- Stable crystalline aluminum doped zinc oxide (AZO) nanopowders were synthesized using hydrothermal treatment processing. Three different aluminum precursors have been used. The Al-precursors were found to affect the morphology of the obtained nanopowders. AZO nanoparticles based on zinc acetate and aluminum nitrate have been prepared with different Al/Zn molar ratios. XRD investigations revealed that all the obtained powders have single phase zincite structure with purity of about 99%. The effect of aluminum doping ratio in AZO nanoparticles (based on Al-nitrate precursor) on structure, phase composition, and particle size has been investigated. The incorporation of Al in ZnO was confirmed by UV-Vis spectroscopy revealing a blue shift due to Burstein-Moss effect.
| Document Type: | Article |
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| Author: | Amal Al-Kahlout, Naji Al-DahoudiORCiD, Ingrid Grobelsek, Mohammad H. Jilavi, Peter William de OliveiraORCiD |
| URN: | urn:nbn:de:bsz:291:415-2780 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/235638 |
| ISSN: | 2314-4866 |
| Parent Title (English): | Journal of Materials |
| Volume: | 2014 |
| First Page: | 235638 |
| Language: | English |
| Year of first Publication: | 2014 |
| Release Date: | 2022/11/18 |
| Scientific Units: | Energy Materials |
| Optical Materials | |
| Open Access: | Open Access |
| Signature: | INM 2014/072 |
| Licence (German): |  Creative Commons - CC BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International |
