Journal
PHYSICA E-LOW-DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS & NANOSTRUCTURES
Volume 101, Issue -, Pages 212-219Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.physe.2018.04.009
Keywords
Nanoparticles; Hematite (alpha-Fe2O3); Precipitation; Hydrothermal; Photoluminescence and magnetic parameters
Funding
- Research Funds of Electrochemistry, Materials and Environment Research Unit UREME [UR17ES45]
- Faculty of Sciences Gabes University
- Tunisia and Structures, Properties and Modeling of Solids (SPMS) Laboratory, University Paris-Saclay, France
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In this work the iron oxide (alpha-Fe2O3) nanoparticles are synthesized using two different methods: precipitation and hydrothermal. Size, structural, optical and magnetic properties were determined and compared using X-ray diffraction (XRD), Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Fourier Transform Infra-Red (FT-IR), Raman spectroscopy, Differential Thermal Analysis (DTA), Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA), Ultraviolet-Visible (UV-Vis) analysis, Superconducting QUantum Interference Device (SQUID) magnetometer and Photoluminescence (PL). XRD data further revealed a rhombohedral (hexagonal) structure with the space group (R-3c) and showed an average size of 21 nm for hydrothermal samples and 33 nm for precipitation samples which concorded with TEM and SEM images. FT-IR confirms the phase purity of the nanoparticles synthesized. The Raman spectroscopy was used not only to prove that we have synthesized pure alpha-Fe2O3 but also to identify their phonon modes. The TGA showed three mass losses, whereas DTA resulted in three endothermic peaks. The decrease in the particle size of hematite of 33 nm for precipitation samples to 21 nm for hydrothermal samples is responsible for increasing the optical band gap of 1.94-2.10 eV where, the relation between them is inverse relationship. The products exhibited the attractive magnetic properties with good saturation magnetization, which were examined by a SQUID magnetometer. Photoluminescence measurements showed a strong emission band at 450 nm. Pure hematite prepared by hydrothermal method has smallest size, best crystallinity, highest band gap and best value of saturation magnetization compared to the hematite elaborated by the precipitation method.
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