Ultraviolet multi-peak emissions of mono-dispersed polymer capped ZnNiO nanocomposites

Nanosized polymer capped ZnNiO composites were synthesized by complexation precipitation method. Crystalline phase and average particle size of the synthesized nanocomposites were investigated by X-ray diffractometer. Average particle size of the samples was also confirmed in scanning electron microscopy (SEM) as well as in reflectance spectra. X-ray diffraction results provide that Ni is incorporated into the ZnO lattice at Zn sites. The diffraction peaks correspond to a hexagonal wurtzite structured ZnNiO. Room temperature reflectance spectra of the nickel substituted ZnO show a bumb around 260 nm for the polymer capped and non-capped samples, which implies higher energy exciton absorption. The reflectance spectra as well as X-ray spectra confirms that the metaloxide nanoparticles are homogeneously distributed in the polymer matrix. Fluorescence properties of the PVP capped ZnNiO at room temperature show intensive multiple peak emissions in the ultra–violet range as well as in blue and green wavelengths, plausibly due to deep level emissions. Raman spectra show the modes, which arise from the vibration of oxygen sub-lattice.