Articles - ZnO nanoparticles by citric acid assisted microwave solution combustion method
- L. C. Nehrua and C. Sanjeevirajab*
- a Department of Medical Physics, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli-620v024, India b Department of Physics, Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering & Technology, Karaikudi-630 004, India
Abstract
ZnO nanoparticles were prepared by citric acid assisted microwave solution combustion method and its microstructure and optoelectronic properties had been investigated. The XRD, TEM, SEM and FT-IR analyses confirm that the ZnO crystallites with the hexagonal wurzite structure were directly formed. The crystalline grain size of ZnO was 9 nm and its specific surface area reached 19 m(2)/g. The room temperature photoluminescence proved that it had a blue emission, which increased remarkably with treated temperatures.
Keywords: ZnO; Citric acid; Nanocrystalline; Combustion; Microwave synthesis
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