Journal
GELS
Volume 8, Issue 12, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/gels8120811
Keywords
V doped ZnO; microwave sol-gel method; FTIR; thermal treatment; XRD; UV-VIS
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry Ilie Murgulescu of the Romanian Academy
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In this study, the effect of thermal treatment on the structure and morphology of 2 mol% vanadium doped ZnO nanopowders obtained by microwave assisted sol-gel method was investigated. The results showed that the annealing temperature influenced the grain growth and absorption rate.
In this paper, we conducted a fundamental study concerning the effect of thermal treatment on the structure and morphology of 2 mol% vanadium doped ZnO nanopowders obtained by microwave assisted sol-gel method (MW). The samples were analyzed by DTA, FTIR, XRD, SEM, and UV-Vis spectroscopy. The DTA results showed that above 500 degrees C, there was no mass loss in the TG curves, and ZnO crystallization occurred. The XRD patterns of the thermally treated powders at 500 degrees C and 650 degrees C showed the crystallization of ZnO (zincite) belonging to the wurtzite-type structure. It was found that in the 650 degrees C thermally treated powder, aside from ZnO, traces of Zn-3(VO4)(2) existed. FTIR spectra of the annealed samples confirmed the formation of the ZnO crystalline phase and V-O bands. The micrographs revealed that the temperature influenced the morphology. The increase in the annealing temperature led to the grain growth. The SEM images of the MW powder thermally treated at 650 degrees C showed two types of grains: hexagonal grains and cylindrical nanorods. UV-Vis spectra showed that the absorption band also increased with the increasing temperature of thermal treatment. The MW sample annealed at 650 degrees C had the highest absorption in ultraviolet domain.
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