Microstructure, electronic structure and optical properties of combustion synthesized Co doped ZnO nanoparticles

We report on the microstructure, electronic structure and optical properties of nanocrystalline Zn1−xCoxO (x=0, 0.01, 0.03, 0.05 and 0.07) particles prepared by solution combustion technique using L-Valine as fuel. The detailed structural and micro-structural studies were carried out by XRD, HRTEM a...

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Published in:Physica. B, Condensed matter Condensed matter, 2015-10, Vol.474, p.97-104
Main Authors: Srinatha, N., Nair, K.G.M., Angadi, Basavaraj
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Atomic multiplet calculations
Band spectra
Combustion
Diffuse reflectance
Electronic structure
L-Valine
Microstructure
Optical properties
Photoluminiscence
Splitting
Symmetry
Zinc oxide
ZnO
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Summary:We report on the microstructure, electronic structure and optical properties of nanocrystalline Zn1−xCoxO (x=0, 0.01, 0.03, 0.05 and 0.07) particles prepared by solution combustion technique using L-Valine as fuel. The detailed structural and micro-structural studies were carried out by XRD, HRTEM and TEM-SAED respectively, which confirms the formation of single phased, nano-sized particles. The electronic structure was determined through NEXAFS and atomic multiplet calculations/simulations performed for various symmetries and valence states of ‘Co’ to determine the valance state, symmetry and crystal field splitting. The correlations between the experimental NEXAFS spectra and atomic multiplet simulations, confirms that, ‘Co’ present is in the 2+ valence state and substituted at the ‘Zn’ site in tetrahedral symmetry with crystal field splitting, 10Dq =−0.6eV. The optical properties and ‘Co’ induced defect formation of as-synthesized materials were examined by using diffuse reflectance and Photoluminescence spectroscopy, respectively. Red-shift of band gap energy (Eg) was observed in Zn1−xCoxO samples due to Co (0.58Å) substitution at Zn (0.60Å) site of the host ZnO. Also, in PL spectra, a prominent pre-edge peak corresponds to ultraviolet (UV) emission around 360–370nm was observed with Co concentration along with near band edge emission (NBE) of the wide band gap ZnO and all samples show emission in the blue region.
ISSN:0921-4526
1873-2135
DOI:10.1016/j.physb.2015.06.009