Synthesis, structural characterization and study of blue shift in optical properties of zinc oxide nano particles prepared by chemical route method

We report the synthesis and optical properties of ZnO nano particle using TEA (Tri Ethanol Amine) and without TEA by chemical route method. By decreasing the concentration of TEA, reaction rate is decreases and inter planner spacing d is increases, band gap is increased from 4.1 to 4.8 eV. In case of without TEA band gap is obtained 3.4 eV. Morphology, growth and the nature of crystalline of the powder samples were performed by X- ray Diffraction (XRD); UV spectrophotometer, scanning electron microscope (SEM) and Photoluminescence (PL). Luminescence properties are discussed by probing the photoluminescence properties of ZnO nano particles with TEA at different molar concentrations. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.