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APPLIED NANOSCIENCE
Volume 3, Issue 1, Pages 49-55Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s13204-012-0067-y
Keywords
ZnO; Band gap; Nanomaterial; Lattice strain; Al doping
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- Higher Education Commission, Pakistan
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Pure ZnO and Al-doped ZnO nanomaterial have been successfully fabricated using zinc acetate dihydrate in a basic aqueous solution of KOH through solution precipitation method then treated at 600 degrees C in air. The XRD analysis confirms the Wurtzite hexagonal crystal structure of the product with crystallite size in 32-53 nm range. The morphology of the product has been studied under scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The simultaneous differential scanning calorimetry and thermogravimetric analyses were used to investigate thermal decomposition temperature and different phase transitions up to 800 degrees C. The optical properties and variation in band gap of ZnO by Al doping were investigated by ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy.
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