Synthesis and Characterization of Copper doped ZnO nanoparticles
ABSTRACT
Nanocrystals of undoped and copper doped zinc oxide(Zn1-xCu xO (where
x = 0.00 to 0.05) were synthesized by coprecipitation method. Crystalline
phases and optical absorption of prepared samples were determined by X-ray
diffraction and UV-visible spectrophotometer. The average particles size was
determined from X-ray line broadening. X-ray analyses reveals that Cu doped ZnO
crystallizes in hexagonal wurtzite structure. The incorporation of Cu+2in the place
of Zn2+provoked an increase in the size of nanocrystals as compared to undoped
or pure ZnO. Optical absorption measurement indicates red shift in the
absorption band edge upon Cu doping. The band gap decreases from 3.15 eV to
2.92eV with copper (5 %) doping at temperature 450 oC.
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