Chhikara, Deepak and Srivatsa, K. M. K. and Muthusamy, Senthil Kumar (2014) On the synthesis and characterization of ZnO/MgO nanocomposite by thermal evaporation technique. Solid State Sciences, 37. pp. 108-113. ISSN 1293-2558
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Abstract
ZnO/MgO nanocomposites have been synthesized by an easy and cost effective thermal evaporation technique. Various growth temperatures ranging from 800 to 900 degrees C were tried. It is observed that the process temperature plays a key role in the formation of ZnO/MgO nanocomposite and the proper formation of ZnO/MgO nanocomposite occurs at 875 degrees C temperature as confirmed by X-ray diffraction studies. Scanning electron microscopic images indicate that the ZnO/MgO nanocomposite is formed as agglomerated nanoparticles distributed over a large area. Energy dispersive X-ray analyses also reveal that the Mg composition in the synthesized nanocomposite strongly depends on the process temperature. Photoluminescence (PL) spectrum exhibits a blue shift for the ZnO/MgO nanocomposite synthesized at 875 degrees C indicating the incorporation of Mg into the ZnO crystal lattice. A higher PL intensity ratio of band-edge to deep band emission has been observed for this sample indicating the presence of low crystalline defects.
Item Type: | Article |
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Additional Information: | Copyright for this article belongs to M/S Elsevier. |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | ZnO/MgO nanocomposite Thermal evaporation X-ray diffraction Scanning electron microscopy Photoluminescence |
Subjects: | Chemistry Physics |
Divisions: | UNSPECIFIED |
Depositing User: | Dr. Rajpal Walke |
Date Deposited: | 29 Oct 2015 11:07 |
Last Modified: | 29 Oct 2015 11:07 |
URI: | http://npl.csircentral.net/id/eprint/1446 |
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