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Synthesis, structural and optical characterization of Ni-doped ZnO nanoparticles

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Nanocrystalline Zn1−x Ni x O (x = 0.00, 0.02, 0.04, 0.06, 0.08) powders were synthesized by a simple sol–gel autocombustion method using metal nitrates of zinc, nickel and glycine. Structural and optical properties of the Ni-doped ZnO samples annealed at 800 °C are characterized using X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive analysis using X-rays (EDAX), UV–visible spectroscopy and photoluminescence (PL). X-ray diffraction analysis reveals that the Ni-doped ZnO crystallizes in a hexagonal wurtzite structure and secondary phase (NiO) was observed with the sensitivity of XRD measurement with the increasing nickel concentration (x ≥ 0.04). The lattice constants of Ni-doped ZnO nanoparticles increase slightly when Ni2+ is doped into ZnO lattice. The optical absorption band edge of the nickel doped samples was observed above 387 nm (3.20 eV) along with well-defined absorbance peaks at around 439 (2.82 eV), 615(2.01 eV) and 655 nm (1.89 eV). PL measurements of Ni-doped samples illustrated the strong UV emission band at ~3.02 eV, weak blue emission bands at 2.82 and 2.75 eV, and a strong green emission band at 2.26 eV. The observed red shift in the band gap from UV–visible analysis and near band edge UV emission with Ni doping may be considered to be related to the incorporation of Ni ions into the Zn site of the ZnO lattice.

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The authors are very thankful to central instrumentation facility, Pondicherry University for providing SEM and PL studies, UGC for funding XRD measurement at Department of Physics, Pondicherry University, and Dr. R. Venkatesan for providing UV–visible spectroscopic analysis, Department of Chemistry, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India.

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Elilarassi, R., Chandrasekaran, G. Synthesis, structural and optical characterization of Ni-doped ZnO nanoparticles. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 22, 751–756 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-010-0206-8

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