Effect of Nd on structural and optical properties of Nd doped ZnO nanoparticles

Author

Jayachandraiah, C. ; Divya, A. ; Siva Kumar, K. ; Krishnaiah, Gummidipudi

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., JNTU, Anantapur, India

fYear

2013

fDate

24-26 July 2013

Firstpage

160

Lastpage

162

Abstract

Polyvinylpyrrolidone capped ZnO and Nd (0.5 and 1 at.%) ZnO nanoparticles have been prepared by chemical co-precipitation method in aqueous media. The as-prepared nanoparticles were subjected to compositional, structural, morphological and photoluminescence studies. EDS confirmed the presence of Nd element in ZnO nanoparticles. X-ray diffraction patterns and TEM studies established that pristine and Nd doped ZnO nanoparticles exhibited wurtzite crystal structure. The average particle size obtained from the XRD and TEM were in good agreement with each other. Photoluminescence studies on Nd doping amplify the defect related emission.

Keywords

II-VI semiconductors; X-ray chemical analysis; X-ray diffraction; crystal structure; nanofabrication; nanoparticles; neodymium; particle size; photoluminescence; polymers; precipitation (physical chemistry); semiconductor doping; semiconductor growth; transmission electron microscopy; wide band gap semiconductors; zinc compounds; EDS; Nd doped ZnO nanoparticles; Nd element; TEM; X-ray diffraction patterns; XRD; ZnO:Nd; aqueous media; chemical coprecipitation; compositional properties; morphological properties; optical properties; particle size; photoluminescence; polyvinylpyrrolidone capped ZnO nanoparticles; pristine doped ZnO nanoparticles; structural properties; wurtzite crystal structure; Films; Raman scattering; EDX; Photoluminescence; XRD; ZnO;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advanced Nanomaterials and Emerging Engineering Technologies (ICANMEET), 2013 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Chennai

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-1377-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICANMEET.2013.6609266

Filename

6609266