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N. Saraswathi, N. Neelakanda Pillai, C. K. Mahadevan / International Journal of Engineering
Research and Applications (IJERA) ISSN: 2248-9622 www.ijera.com
Vol. 3, Issue 4, Jul-Aug 2013, pp.2468-2473
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Optical and Magnetic Studies on ZnO Nanocrystals both Pure
and Doped Prepared By Microwave Assisted Solvothermal
Method
N. Saraswathi*, N. Neelakanda Pillai**, C. K. Mahadevan*
*(Physics Research centre, S.T.Hindu College, Nagercoil -629 002)
** (Arignar Anna College, Aralvoymoli-629 301)
ABSTRACT
Nano-structured Zinc oxide is of high
potential importance and has wide range of
applications. We have made an attempt to
investigate the effect of adding Mn2+
and S2-
separately as dopants on the structural, optical, and
magnetic properties of nano-structured ZnO. A
total of five samples pure and Mn2+
and S2-
added
each with two different concentrations viz. 2.5 and
5.0 weight percentages were prepared by a simple,
cost-effective, solvothermal method using a domestic
microwave oven. The powder X-ray diffraction
analysis indicates the hexagonal phase and average
grain sizes ranging within 13 to 16 nm. The optical
absorption study indicates blue shift on doping. The
Photoluminescence spectra indicate violet and bluish
green emissions for all the samples studied. The
vibration sample magnetometric measurements
indicate weak ferromagnetism for all the samples
studied.
Keywords- Band gap energy, Ferromagnetism,
Nanoparticles, Solvothermal, XRD analyses.
I. Introduction
Nanomaterials have attracted tremendous
interest in recent years because of their unique
physical and chemical properties, which are highly
different from those of either the bulk materials or
single atoms [1, 2]. It is a highly challenging work to
develop preparation methods that are scalable, cost-
effective and environment friendly [3]. Several
methods are available for growing nanomaterials in
particular ZnO. Some of them are hydrothermal
method, atmospheric pressure PVD method, non-
hydrolytic route method, wet chemical method and
refluxing technique, etc. The simple microwave
assisted solvothermal method using a domestic
microwave oven is the one we have worked with for
the sample preparation.
Growth of transition metal doped wide band
gap semiconductors, which show ferromagnetic
nature above room temperature is now gaining
interest. Nano-structured ZnO (II-VI material) is
becoming increasingly important in the present times
because of its distinguished properties such as
electrical, optical, thermal and magnetic finding
potential application as sensors, transducers and
catalysts. Doping, a process by which appropriate
elements are introduced into the pure material has
been shown to result in carrier induced
ferromagnetism [4,5]. Increase in the dopant
concentration can also be increasingly studied
because of the effect caused by the defects generated.
Zinc oxide doped with Mn2+
(cationic) and
S2-
(anionic) comes under this category after the
theoretical work done by Dietl et al [6] who
predicted room temperature ferromagnetism in ZnO
doped with Mn. Many researchers have also worked
in this direction. In the present work, pure and Mn2+
and S2-
doped ZnO nanocrystals were prepared by a
simple solvothermal method using a domestic
microwave oven and characterized structurally,
optically and magnetically. The results obtained are
reported herein.
II. Materials and methods
Analytical Reagent (AR) grade zinc acetate,
urea, manganese acetate, thiourea are the precursors
and ethylene glycol is the solvent used for the
preparation of pure and doped ZnO nanocrystals.
Zinc acetate ((CH3COO)2 Zn.2H2O) and urea (NH2
CO NH2 ) were taken in 1:3 molecular ratio and
dissolved in ethylene glycol and kept in a domestic
microwave oven (Frequency = 2.45 GHz and power
=800W). Microwave irradiation was carried out till
the solvent was evaporated completely. The colloidal
precipitate formed was then cooled and washed
several times with double distilled water and with
acetone to remove the organic impurities present, if
any. The sample was then filtered, dried and
collected as yield.
Pure ZnO and ZnO doped with Mn2+
and
S2-
(each in two different concentrations, viz. 2.5 and
5 wt %) were prepared. In order to improve ordering
the samples were annealed at 400°C for 1 hour. The
annealed samples are used for the characterization
studies. The mass of the product nanocrystals and the
colour of the samples before and after annealing
were noted. The yield percentage was calculated
using the relation, yield percentage = (Total product
mass/Total reactants mass) × 100.
Using an automated X-ray powder
diffractometer (PANalytical) with monochromated
CuKα radiation (λ = 1.54056Å) the powder X-ray
diffraction (PXRD) data were collected for all the 5
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7
0
Counts(arbitraryunits)
ZnO+S2-
(2.5wt%)
ZnO+Mn2+
(2.5wt%)
ZnO
ZnO+Mn2+
(5wt%)
ZnO+S2-
(5wt%)
100
002
101
102
100
103
112
samples and they were compared with the available
literature data for the identification of the sample.
Using the Scherrer formula [7] the grain sizes were
determined. The prepared samples were subjected
to optical and magnetic studies also.
III. 3.Results and discussions
3.1 General features
The photograph showing the five ZnO
samples prepared and also the annealed samples of
the same along with the corresponding pellets is
provided in Fig 1.
The preparation time, the colour of prepared
samples before and after annealing along with the
yield percentage are tabulated in Table 1. The yield
percentage for the pure sample is about 16.8%. It is
higher for the doped samples and is also found to
increase with the increase in dopant concentration.
Figure 1: Photograph of the samples prepared
From left: Pure ZnO, ZnO + 2.5 wt % Mn2+
,
ZnO + 5 wt % Mn 2+
, ZnO + 2.5 wt % S2-
, ZnO + 5
wt % S2-
[Top row: As-prepared samples
Middle row: Annealed samples
Bottom row: Pellets of annealed samples]
Figure 2: Indexed PXRD patterns for pure and
doped ZnO nanocrystals
System
Pr
ep
ar
ati
on
ti
m
e
(
mi
n)
Colour
Yi
el
d
pe
rc
en
ta
ge
(
%
)
(with
expected
composition)
Before
annealing
After
annealing
ZnO 25 PaleWhite White 16.8
ZnO +
24.5
Dark
paleWhite
Light
yellowish
brown
21.92.5 wt %
Mn2+
ZnO +
22.5
Light
brown
Brown 23.9
5 wt % Mn 2+
ZnO +
24 White Yellowish
white
19.3
2.5 wt % S2-
ZnO +
22 White Yellowish
white
20.7
5 wt % S2-
Table 1: Preparation times, colours and yield
percentages for pure and doped (Mn2+
& S2-
) ZnO
nanocrystals
The PXRD patterns of the five annealed
ZnO samples (both pure and doped) are shown in
Figure 2. The peaks obtained matched more
appropriately with the hexagonal phase [structure]
for Zinc Oxide (JCPDS Card No:36-1451). Almost
all the peaks are dominant indicating the crystalline
nature of the prepared samples. However,
broadening related to size reduction exists. The
average grain size of the samples was found by using
Scherrer equation :
D =


cos
where D is the particle size,  is a constant (0.9),  is
the X-ray wavelength used, θ is the Bragg angle and
 is the full width at half maximum of diffraction
peak (expressed in radian). The lattice parameters a
and c estimated by the usual procedure are tabulated
in Table 2. It is revealed here that all the prepared
ZnO nanocrystals are in the nano regime with
average grain size ranging from 13 to 16nm (see
Table 2). Amongst the prepared samples the grain
size is minimum in the case of ZnO doped with 2.5
wt% S and maximum in the case of the pure sample.
Doping usually causes increase of strains in
any material which may be understood by the
increase of peak broadening in the spectrum. If strain
is not increased then the crystallite size is expected to
decrease. Absence of such increase in PXRD peak
broadening and slight decrease of crystallite size
clearly indicate the non-introduction of any strains in
the prepared samples because of doping.
Table 2: The average grain sizes and lattice
parameters for pure and doped (Mn2+
& S2-
) ZnO
nanocrystals
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100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000
1.4
1.5
1.6
1.7
1.8
1.9
2.0
Abs
Wavelength (nm)
ZnO
100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000
2.4
2.6
2.8
3.0
3.2
3.4
3.6
3.8
4.0
ZnO+5wt% Mn
2+
Abs
Wavelength (nm)
100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000
2.2
2.4
2.6
2.8
3.0
3.2
3.4
3.6
3.8
4.0
4.2
ZnO+5wt% S
2-
Abs
Wavelength (nm)
100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000
1.8
1.9
2.0
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.4
2.5
Abs
Wavelength (nm)
ZnO+2.5wt% Mn
2+
100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000
4
5
6
7
8
9
Abs
Wavelength (nm)
ZnO+2.5wt% S
2-
1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.5 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0
0
2
4
6
8
10
ZnO
Energy (eV)
(h)
2
1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.5 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0
0
2
4
6
8
10
Energy (eV)
(h)
2
ZnO+2.5wt% Mn
2+
1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.5 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0
0
2
4
6
8
10
ZnO+5wt% Mn
2+
(h)
2
Energy (eV)
1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.5 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0
0
1
2
3
4
(h)
2
Energy (eV)
ZnO+2.5wt% S
2-
1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.5 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0
0
2
4
6
8
ZnO+5wt% S
2-
(h)
2
Energy (eV)
System (with
expected
composition)
Average
grain
size
(nm)
Lattice
parameters
a (Å) c (Å)
ZnO 15.70 3.2447 5.1958
ZnO + 2.5 wt % Mn2+
15.01 3.2420 5.1883
ZnO + 5 wt % Mn 2+
15.59 3.2448 5.1982
ZnO + 2.5 wt % S 13.45 3.4883 5.2081
ZnO + 5 wt % S 14.04 3.2462 5.1962
3.2 Optical properties
The UV-Vis absorption spectra were
recorded on all the annealed samples. A Shimadzu
UV 2400PC spectrophotometer was used. The
spectrum which is a plot of the degree of absorption
against wavelength of the incident radiation is shown
in Fig 3. The wavelength range used for the
observation is from 200-1000nm.
Figure 3: UV absorption spectra for pure
and doped ZnO nanocrystal
Major difference in the optical properties of
the nanomaterials synthesized is due to the chemical
nature of the components. From the spectrum it is
evident that ZnO nanocrystals have low absorbance
in the visible region. The absorbance first decreases
upto 400nm in a steep fashion. Small fluctuations
observed may be due to vibrational energy changes
that accompany electronic level transitions. If the
available energy is insufficient for pure electronic
transitions then they can undergo vibrational
transitions from a lower electronic state. The nature
of the optical band gap is due to the fundamental
absorptions due to electron excitation from the
valence band to conduction band.
The band gap energies of the ZnO samples
can be found by drawing the tauc plots. The band gap
energy was estimated in a way as reported by Kumar
et al [8] and also by Thielsch et al [9]. The (h)n
versus h plots for n=2, ½, ⅓ were drawn. The plot
showed linear behaviour for n=2 indicating the
presence of direct optical band gap in this case. The
band gap energy Eg was found by extrapolating the
curve drawn near the absorption edge which is
shown in Fig. 4. The band gap energies obtained in
this way for ZnO nanocrystals is tabulated in Table
3. The band gap energy is maximum (5.008eV) in the
case of ZnO doped with 2.5 wt % S. It is minimum
(3.417eV) in the case of pure ZnO. The values for
the other samples lie between these two extremes. In
the case of doped ZnO increase in the concentration
of both the dopants decreases the band gap energy.
On analyzing the band gap energy data and average
grain sizes calculated from PXRD patterns it can be
concluded that increase in band gap energy decreases
the grain size of the nanocrystals produced. Quantum
confinement may be the agent bringing about
increase in band gap energy of the nanocrystal
samples.
Figure 4: (αh ν)2
Vs h ν plots for pure and
doped ZnO nanocrystals
Table 3: Band gap energies of pure and doped ZnO
nanocrystals
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350 400 450 500 550 600
0
1x10
5
2x10
5
3x10
5
4x10
5
5x10
5
6x10
5
Intensity
Wavelength (nm)
ZnO
ZnO+2.5 Wt% Mn
2+
ZnO+5 Wt% Mn
2+
ZnO+2.5 Wt% S
2-
ZnO+5 Wt% S
2-
Sample
(With estimated composition)
Eg (eV)
ZnO 3.417
ZnO + 2.5 wt % Mn2+
4.331
ZnO + 5 wt % Mn 2+
3.502
ZnO + 2.5 wt % S2-
5.008
ZnO + 5 wt % S2-
4.690
When the crystallite size decreases the band
gap energy is expected to increase in the case of
semiconductor materials indicating a blue shift. In
the present study doping has decreased the crystallite
size and has increased the optical band gap energy.
This is in accordance with the expectation.
The photoluminescence (PL) spectra were
recorded for the five annealed ZnO samples using a
luminescence spectrometer and analyzed. They are
shown in Fig. 5. The samples show two prominent
peaks one around 390 nm in the majority of the
samples and another around 487 nm. In the case of
zinc oxide doped with 2.5wt % of Mn2+
two more
peaks are seen around 522 nm and 551 nm. A few
other minor peaks are observed in few of the
samples. In the case of pure ZnO nanocrystal the
peak observed at 394 nm is the intense peak.
Incorporation of Mn2+
and S2-
into the ZnO matrix
produces changes in the intensity as well as the
number of peaks obtained. The peaks obtained may
be attributed to the combination of free electrons
from the conduction band with holes captured on an
acceptor level, recombination of trapped electrons
from a donor level with free holes and recombination
of electrons from any donor level with holes trapped
on an acceptor level [10,11]. The peak around 390
nm corresponds to violet emission peak. The one at
487nm can be attributed to that of bluish green
emission peak. Xiying Ma et al [12] found a blue
emission peak at 432nm for Gd doped ZnO
nanocrystals. Romanov et al [13] found exciton
emission and a blue shift for it while studying ZnO
nanocrystals by optically detected magnetic
resonance. A strong violet luminescence from ZnO
nanocrystals grown by the low temperature chemical
solution deposition was shown by Kurbanov et al
[14]. Wang et al [15] studied photoluminescence in
ZnO and MgxZn1-xO nanocrystals excited with
290nm light and found two bands, one in the UV
region and another in the visible region similar to
that of bulk ZnO. Zheng et al [16] studied the
photoluminescence properties of the Ge/ZnO
multilayer films and found green emission at around
532 nm which has been explained. Yang et al [17]
studied Cu-Zn core alloy and found a green emission
around 510 nm and red emission around 650 nm with
PL measurements. Wu et al [18] studied room
temperature PL spectrum of self-assembly of small
ZnO nanoparticles and obtained peaks at 417, 468
and 605 nm.
Figure 5: PL spectra for pure and doped ZnO
nanocrystals
3.3 Magnetic properties
The M-H behaviour of the samples was
recorded at room temperature using a vibration
sample magnetometer. The M-H plots observed are
shown in Fig. 6 and the magnetic parameters are
given in Table 4. The samples are found to have a
weak ferromagnetic nature that is revealed by the
small magnetic hysteresis behaviour shown by the
samples. The ferromagnetism can be induced in the
sample because of added dopants although they are
in very minute amounts. This was observed in the
work by Chambers et al [19] for ZnO nanocrystals
where Co addition brings about changes in its
magnetic properties. In the case of ZnO samples
coercivity was minimum in the case of ZnO doped
with 2.5wt% Mn2+
and maximum in the case of
2.5wt% S2-
added samples. Retentivity and
magnetization are found to be maximum in the case
of 5wt% S-2
added ZnO nanocrystal. Squareness
calculated is maximum for 2.5wt% S2-
doped and
minimum for 5 wt% Mn2+
doped ZnO sample. ZnO
nanocrystals doped with Cr3+
was studied by Chu et
al [20] who reported hysteresis behaviour of the
sample and also related ferromagnetism. Kshirsagar
et al [21] studied magnetization as a function of
magnetic field for Zn1-x Cox O nanocrystals and got a
clear hysteresis pattern for x = 0.03. Oxide
nanoparticles are reported [22] to reveal
ferromagnetic ordering due to the oxygen vacancies
as well. CoO was reported as weakly ferromagnetic
[23]. It was also reported that at higher doping
concentration the number of magnetic ions is
sufficient to render ordered magnetic interaction.
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Figure 6: The M-H plots for pure and doped ZnO
nanocrystals
Table 4: Results obtained from VSM
measurements for the pure and doped ZnO
nanocrystals
System
(with
expected
composito
n)
Coerci
vity,
Hc (G)
Reten
tivity,
(Mr)
(×10-6
emu)
Magnetiza
tion, (Ms)
(×10-3
emu)
Squar
eness
ratio,
(Mr/
Ms)
(×10-3
)
ZnO 458.3 1.8960 0.047454 39.950
ZnO + 2.5
wt % Mn2+ 393.73 3.6260 0.11610 31.230
ZnO + 5 wt
% Mn 2+ 388.06 5.2620 0.20856 25.230
ZnO + 2.5
wt % S2- 521.31 2.8100 0.041560 67.610
ZnO + 5 wt
% S2- 393.32 7.6434 0.27600 27.690
IV. Conclusion
Pure and doped (Mn2+
and S2-
) ZnO
nanocrystals were prepared by the simple cost
effective microwave assisted solvothermal method
using a domestic microwave oven and characterized
by PXRD, optical and magnetic measurements. The
high yield and the grain sizes observed indicate that
the method adopted is a considerable one for the
preparation of the nanocrystals studied. The PXRD
analysis indicates that all the prepared ZnO
nanocrystals are in hexagonal phase structure. When
the crystallite size decreases the band gap energy is
found to increase which results in the blue shift. In
the present study the doping has decreased the
crystallite size and has increased the optical band gap
energy. The photoluminescence (PL) spectra show
two prominent peaks one around 390 nm and another
around 487 nm indicating violet and bluish green
emissions. The M-H plots show that the samples are
found to have a weak ferromagnetic nature which is
revealed by the small magnetic hysteresis behaviour
shown by the samples. The ferromagnetism can be
induced in the sample because of added dopants
although they are in very minute amounts. The
present study, in effect, indicates the possible
occurrence of nano–confined states.
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Optical and Magnetic Studies on ZnO Nanocrystals

  • 1. N. Saraswathi, N. Neelakanda Pillai, C. K. Mahadevan / International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) ISSN: 2248-9622 www.ijera.com Vol. 3, Issue 4, Jul-Aug 2013, pp.2468-2473 2468 | P a g e Optical and Magnetic Studies on ZnO Nanocrystals both Pure and Doped Prepared By Microwave Assisted Solvothermal Method N. Saraswathi*, N. Neelakanda Pillai**, C. K. Mahadevan* *(Physics Research centre, S.T.Hindu College, Nagercoil -629 002) ** (Arignar Anna College, Aralvoymoli-629 301) ABSTRACT Nano-structured Zinc oxide is of high potential importance and has wide range of applications. We have made an attempt to investigate the effect of adding Mn2+ and S2- separately as dopants on the structural, optical, and magnetic properties of nano-structured ZnO. A total of five samples pure and Mn2+ and S2- added each with two different concentrations viz. 2.5 and 5.0 weight percentages were prepared by a simple, cost-effective, solvothermal method using a domestic microwave oven. The powder X-ray diffraction analysis indicates the hexagonal phase and average grain sizes ranging within 13 to 16 nm. The optical absorption study indicates blue shift on doping. The Photoluminescence spectra indicate violet and bluish green emissions for all the samples studied. The vibration sample magnetometric measurements indicate weak ferromagnetism for all the samples studied. Keywords- Band gap energy, Ferromagnetism, Nanoparticles, Solvothermal, XRD analyses. I. Introduction Nanomaterials have attracted tremendous interest in recent years because of their unique physical and chemical properties, which are highly different from those of either the bulk materials or single atoms [1, 2]. It is a highly challenging work to develop preparation methods that are scalable, cost- effective and environment friendly [3]. Several methods are available for growing nanomaterials in particular ZnO. Some of them are hydrothermal method, atmospheric pressure PVD method, non- hydrolytic route method, wet chemical method and refluxing technique, etc. The simple microwave assisted solvothermal method using a domestic microwave oven is the one we have worked with for the sample preparation. Growth of transition metal doped wide band gap semiconductors, which show ferromagnetic nature above room temperature is now gaining interest. Nano-structured ZnO (II-VI material) is becoming increasingly important in the present times because of its distinguished properties such as electrical, optical, thermal and magnetic finding potential application as sensors, transducers and catalysts. Doping, a process by which appropriate elements are introduced into the pure material has been shown to result in carrier induced ferromagnetism [4,5]. Increase in the dopant concentration can also be increasingly studied because of the effect caused by the defects generated. Zinc oxide doped with Mn2+ (cationic) and S2- (anionic) comes under this category after the theoretical work done by Dietl et al [6] who predicted room temperature ferromagnetism in ZnO doped with Mn. Many researchers have also worked in this direction. In the present work, pure and Mn2+ and S2- doped ZnO nanocrystals were prepared by a simple solvothermal method using a domestic microwave oven and characterized structurally, optically and magnetically. The results obtained are reported herein. II. Materials and methods Analytical Reagent (AR) grade zinc acetate, urea, manganese acetate, thiourea are the precursors and ethylene glycol is the solvent used for the preparation of pure and doped ZnO nanocrystals. Zinc acetate ((CH3COO)2 Zn.2H2O) and urea (NH2 CO NH2 ) were taken in 1:3 molecular ratio and dissolved in ethylene glycol and kept in a domestic microwave oven (Frequency = 2.45 GHz and power =800W). Microwave irradiation was carried out till the solvent was evaporated completely. The colloidal precipitate formed was then cooled and washed several times with double distilled water and with acetone to remove the organic impurities present, if any. The sample was then filtered, dried and collected as yield. Pure ZnO and ZnO doped with Mn2+ and S2- (each in two different concentrations, viz. 2.5 and 5 wt %) were prepared. In order to improve ordering the samples were annealed at 400°C for 1 hour. The annealed samples are used for the characterization studies. The mass of the product nanocrystals and the colour of the samples before and after annealing were noted. The yield percentage was calculated using the relation, yield percentage = (Total product mass/Total reactants mass) × 100. Using an automated X-ray powder diffractometer (PANalytical) with monochromated CuKα radiation (λ = 1.54056Å) the powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD) data were collected for all the 5
  • 2. N. Saraswathi, N. Neelakanda Pillai, C. K. Mahadevan / International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) ISSN: 2248-9622 www.ijera.com Vol. 3, Issue 4, Jul-Aug 2013, pp.2468-2473 2469 | P a g e 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 Counts(arbitraryunits) ZnO+S2- (2.5wt%) ZnO+Mn2+ (2.5wt%) ZnO ZnO+Mn2+ (5wt%) ZnO+S2- (5wt%) 100 002 101 102 100 103 112 samples and they were compared with the available literature data for the identification of the sample. Using the Scherrer formula [7] the grain sizes were determined. The prepared samples were subjected to optical and magnetic studies also. III. 3.Results and discussions 3.1 General features The photograph showing the five ZnO samples prepared and also the annealed samples of the same along with the corresponding pellets is provided in Fig 1. The preparation time, the colour of prepared samples before and after annealing along with the yield percentage are tabulated in Table 1. The yield percentage for the pure sample is about 16.8%. It is higher for the doped samples and is also found to increase with the increase in dopant concentration. Figure 1: Photograph of the samples prepared From left: Pure ZnO, ZnO + 2.5 wt % Mn2+ , ZnO + 5 wt % Mn 2+ , ZnO + 2.5 wt % S2- , ZnO + 5 wt % S2- [Top row: As-prepared samples Middle row: Annealed samples Bottom row: Pellets of annealed samples] Figure 2: Indexed PXRD patterns for pure and doped ZnO nanocrystals System Pr ep ar ati on ti m e ( mi n) Colour Yi el d pe rc en ta ge ( % ) (with expected composition) Before annealing After annealing ZnO 25 PaleWhite White 16.8 ZnO + 24.5 Dark paleWhite Light yellowish brown 21.92.5 wt % Mn2+ ZnO + 22.5 Light brown Brown 23.9 5 wt % Mn 2+ ZnO + 24 White Yellowish white 19.3 2.5 wt % S2- ZnO + 22 White Yellowish white 20.7 5 wt % S2- Table 1: Preparation times, colours and yield percentages for pure and doped (Mn2+ & S2- ) ZnO nanocrystals The PXRD patterns of the five annealed ZnO samples (both pure and doped) are shown in Figure 2. The peaks obtained matched more appropriately with the hexagonal phase [structure] for Zinc Oxide (JCPDS Card No:36-1451). Almost all the peaks are dominant indicating the crystalline nature of the prepared samples. However, broadening related to size reduction exists. The average grain size of the samples was found by using Scherrer equation : D =   cos where D is the particle size,  is a constant (0.9),  is the X-ray wavelength used, θ is the Bragg angle and  is the full width at half maximum of diffraction peak (expressed in radian). The lattice parameters a and c estimated by the usual procedure are tabulated in Table 2. It is revealed here that all the prepared ZnO nanocrystals are in the nano regime with average grain size ranging from 13 to 16nm (see Table 2). Amongst the prepared samples the grain size is minimum in the case of ZnO doped with 2.5 wt% S and maximum in the case of the pure sample. Doping usually causes increase of strains in any material which may be understood by the increase of peak broadening in the spectrum. If strain is not increased then the crystallite size is expected to decrease. Absence of such increase in PXRD peak broadening and slight decrease of crystallite size clearly indicate the non-introduction of any strains in the prepared samples because of doping. Table 2: The average grain sizes and lattice parameters for pure and doped (Mn2+ & S2- ) ZnO nanocrystals
  • 3. N. Saraswathi, N. Neelakanda Pillai, C. K. Mahadevan / International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) ISSN: 2248-9622 www.ijera.com Vol. 3, Issue 4, Jul-Aug 2013, pp.2468-2473 2470 | P a g e 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 2.0 Abs Wavelength (nm) ZnO 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000 2.4 2.6 2.8 3.0 3.2 3.4 3.6 3.8 4.0 ZnO+5wt% Mn 2+ Abs Wavelength (nm) 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000 2.2 2.4 2.6 2.8 3.0 3.2 3.4 3.6 3.8 4.0 4.2 ZnO+5wt% S 2- Abs Wavelength (nm) 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000 1.8 1.9 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Abs Wavelength (nm) ZnO+2.5wt% Mn 2+ 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000 4 5 6 7 8 9 Abs Wavelength (nm) ZnO+2.5wt% S 2- 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.5 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 0 2 4 6 8 10 ZnO Energy (eV) (h) 2 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.5 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 0 2 4 6 8 10 Energy (eV) (h) 2 ZnO+2.5wt% Mn 2+ 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.5 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 0 2 4 6 8 10 ZnO+5wt% Mn 2+ (h) 2 Energy (eV) 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.5 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 0 1 2 3 4 (h) 2 Energy (eV) ZnO+2.5wt% S 2- 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.5 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 0 2 4 6 8 ZnO+5wt% S 2- (h) 2 Energy (eV) System (with expected composition) Average grain size (nm) Lattice parameters a (Å) c (Å) ZnO 15.70 3.2447 5.1958 ZnO + 2.5 wt % Mn2+ 15.01 3.2420 5.1883 ZnO + 5 wt % Mn 2+ 15.59 3.2448 5.1982 ZnO + 2.5 wt % S 13.45 3.4883 5.2081 ZnO + 5 wt % S 14.04 3.2462 5.1962 3.2 Optical properties The UV-Vis absorption spectra were recorded on all the annealed samples. A Shimadzu UV 2400PC spectrophotometer was used. The spectrum which is a plot of the degree of absorption against wavelength of the incident radiation is shown in Fig 3. The wavelength range used for the observation is from 200-1000nm. Figure 3: UV absorption spectra for pure and doped ZnO nanocrystal Major difference in the optical properties of the nanomaterials synthesized is due to the chemical nature of the components. From the spectrum it is evident that ZnO nanocrystals have low absorbance in the visible region. The absorbance first decreases upto 400nm in a steep fashion. Small fluctuations observed may be due to vibrational energy changes that accompany electronic level transitions. If the available energy is insufficient for pure electronic transitions then they can undergo vibrational transitions from a lower electronic state. The nature of the optical band gap is due to the fundamental absorptions due to electron excitation from the valence band to conduction band. The band gap energies of the ZnO samples can be found by drawing the tauc plots. The band gap energy was estimated in a way as reported by Kumar et al [8] and also by Thielsch et al [9]. The (h)n versus h plots for n=2, ½, ⅓ were drawn. The plot showed linear behaviour for n=2 indicating the presence of direct optical band gap in this case. The band gap energy Eg was found by extrapolating the curve drawn near the absorption edge which is shown in Fig. 4. The band gap energies obtained in this way for ZnO nanocrystals is tabulated in Table 3. The band gap energy is maximum (5.008eV) in the case of ZnO doped with 2.5 wt % S. It is minimum (3.417eV) in the case of pure ZnO. The values for the other samples lie between these two extremes. In the case of doped ZnO increase in the concentration of both the dopants decreases the band gap energy. On analyzing the band gap energy data and average grain sizes calculated from PXRD patterns it can be concluded that increase in band gap energy decreases the grain size of the nanocrystals produced. Quantum confinement may be the agent bringing about increase in band gap energy of the nanocrystal samples. Figure 4: (αh ν)2 Vs h ν plots for pure and doped ZnO nanocrystals Table 3: Band gap energies of pure and doped ZnO nanocrystals
  • 4. N. Saraswathi, N. Neelakanda Pillai, C. K. Mahadevan / International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) ISSN: 2248-9622 www.ijera.com Vol. 3, Issue 4, Jul-Aug 2013, pp.2468-2473 2471 | P a g e 350 400 450 500 550 600 0 1x10 5 2x10 5 3x10 5 4x10 5 5x10 5 6x10 5 Intensity Wavelength (nm) ZnO ZnO+2.5 Wt% Mn 2+ ZnO+5 Wt% Mn 2+ ZnO+2.5 Wt% S 2- ZnO+5 Wt% S 2- Sample (With estimated composition) Eg (eV) ZnO 3.417 ZnO + 2.5 wt % Mn2+ 4.331 ZnO + 5 wt % Mn 2+ 3.502 ZnO + 2.5 wt % S2- 5.008 ZnO + 5 wt % S2- 4.690 When the crystallite size decreases the band gap energy is expected to increase in the case of semiconductor materials indicating a blue shift. In the present study doping has decreased the crystallite size and has increased the optical band gap energy. This is in accordance with the expectation. The photoluminescence (PL) spectra were recorded for the five annealed ZnO samples using a luminescence spectrometer and analyzed. They are shown in Fig. 5. The samples show two prominent peaks one around 390 nm in the majority of the samples and another around 487 nm. In the case of zinc oxide doped with 2.5wt % of Mn2+ two more peaks are seen around 522 nm and 551 nm. A few other minor peaks are observed in few of the samples. In the case of pure ZnO nanocrystal the peak observed at 394 nm is the intense peak. Incorporation of Mn2+ and S2- into the ZnO matrix produces changes in the intensity as well as the number of peaks obtained. The peaks obtained may be attributed to the combination of free electrons from the conduction band with holes captured on an acceptor level, recombination of trapped electrons from a donor level with free holes and recombination of electrons from any donor level with holes trapped on an acceptor level [10,11]. The peak around 390 nm corresponds to violet emission peak. The one at 487nm can be attributed to that of bluish green emission peak. Xiying Ma et al [12] found a blue emission peak at 432nm for Gd doped ZnO nanocrystals. Romanov et al [13] found exciton emission and a blue shift for it while studying ZnO nanocrystals by optically detected magnetic resonance. A strong violet luminescence from ZnO nanocrystals grown by the low temperature chemical solution deposition was shown by Kurbanov et al [14]. Wang et al [15] studied photoluminescence in ZnO and MgxZn1-xO nanocrystals excited with 290nm light and found two bands, one in the UV region and another in the visible region similar to that of bulk ZnO. Zheng et al [16] studied the photoluminescence properties of the Ge/ZnO multilayer films and found green emission at around 532 nm which has been explained. Yang et al [17] studied Cu-Zn core alloy and found a green emission around 510 nm and red emission around 650 nm with PL measurements. Wu et al [18] studied room temperature PL spectrum of self-assembly of small ZnO nanoparticles and obtained peaks at 417, 468 and 605 nm. Figure 5: PL spectra for pure and doped ZnO nanocrystals 3.3 Magnetic properties The M-H behaviour of the samples was recorded at room temperature using a vibration sample magnetometer. The M-H plots observed are shown in Fig. 6 and the magnetic parameters are given in Table 4. The samples are found to have a weak ferromagnetic nature that is revealed by the small magnetic hysteresis behaviour shown by the samples. The ferromagnetism can be induced in the sample because of added dopants although they are in very minute amounts. This was observed in the work by Chambers et al [19] for ZnO nanocrystals where Co addition brings about changes in its magnetic properties. In the case of ZnO samples coercivity was minimum in the case of ZnO doped with 2.5wt% Mn2+ and maximum in the case of 2.5wt% S2- added samples. Retentivity and magnetization are found to be maximum in the case of 5wt% S-2 added ZnO nanocrystal. Squareness calculated is maximum for 2.5wt% S2- doped and minimum for 5 wt% Mn2+ doped ZnO sample. ZnO nanocrystals doped with Cr3+ was studied by Chu et al [20] who reported hysteresis behaviour of the sample and also related ferromagnetism. Kshirsagar et al [21] studied magnetization as a function of magnetic field for Zn1-x Cox O nanocrystals and got a clear hysteresis pattern for x = 0.03. Oxide nanoparticles are reported [22] to reveal ferromagnetic ordering due to the oxygen vacancies as well. CoO was reported as weakly ferromagnetic [23]. It was also reported that at higher doping concentration the number of magnetic ions is sufficient to render ordered magnetic interaction.
  • 5. N. Saraswathi, N. Neelakanda Pillai, C. K. Mahadevan / International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) ISSN: 2248-9622 www.ijera.com Vol. 3, Issue 4, Jul-Aug 2013, pp.2468-2473 2472 | P a g e Figure 6: The M-H plots for pure and doped ZnO nanocrystals Table 4: Results obtained from VSM measurements for the pure and doped ZnO nanocrystals System (with expected composito n) Coerci vity, Hc (G) Reten tivity, (Mr) (×10-6 emu) Magnetiza tion, (Ms) (×10-3 emu) Squar eness ratio, (Mr/ Ms) (×10-3 ) ZnO 458.3 1.8960 0.047454 39.950 ZnO + 2.5 wt % Mn2+ 393.73 3.6260 0.11610 31.230 ZnO + 5 wt % Mn 2+ 388.06 5.2620 0.20856 25.230 ZnO + 2.5 wt % S2- 521.31 2.8100 0.041560 67.610 ZnO + 5 wt % S2- 393.32 7.6434 0.27600 27.690 IV. Conclusion Pure and doped (Mn2+ and S2- ) ZnO nanocrystals were prepared by the simple cost effective microwave assisted solvothermal method using a domestic microwave oven and characterized by PXRD, optical and magnetic measurements. The high yield and the grain sizes observed indicate that the method adopted is a considerable one for the preparation of the nanocrystals studied. The PXRD analysis indicates that all the prepared ZnO nanocrystals are in hexagonal phase structure. When the crystallite size decreases the band gap energy is found to increase which results in the blue shift. In the present study the doping has decreased the crystallite size and has increased the optical band gap energy. The photoluminescence (PL) spectra show two prominent peaks one around 390 nm and another around 487 nm indicating violet and bluish green emissions. The M-H plots show that the samples are found to have a weak ferromagnetic nature which is revealed by the small magnetic hysteresis behaviour shown by the samples. The ferromagnetism can be induced in the sample because of added dopants although they are in very minute amounts. The present study, in effect, indicates the possible occurrence of nano–confined states. References [1] T.Tindade, Nanocrystalline Semiconductors:  Synthesis, Properties, and Perspectives, Chem. Mater 13, 2001, 3843-3858. [2] A.P.Alivisatos, Semiconductor Clusters, Nanocrystals, and Quantum Dots, Science 271,1996,933-937. [3] Z.A. Peng, X.G. Peng, Formation of High- Quality CdTe, CdSe, and CdS Nanocrystals Using CdO as Precursor Z, J.Am.Chem. Soc 123,2001, 183-184. [4] Y. Ohno, D. K. Young, B. Beschoten, F. Matsukura, H. Ohno and D. D. Awschalom, Electrical spin injection in a ferromagnetic semiconductor heterostructure, Nature, 402, 1999, 790-791. [5] S. J. Pearton, C. R. Abernathy, M. E. Overberg, G. T. Thaler, D. P. Norton, N. Theodoropoulou, A. F. Hebard, Y. D. Park, F. Ren, J. Kim, and L. A. Boatner, Wide band gap Ferromagnetic semiconductors and oxides, J. Appl Phys. 93,2003, 1-13. [6] T. Dietl, H. Ohno, F. Matsukura, J. Cibert, and D. Ferrand, Zener Model Description of Ferromagnetism in Zinc-Blende Magnetic Semiconductors, Science, 287, 2000,1019- 1022. [7] K.U.Madhu, T.H.Freeda and C.K.Mahadevan Preparation and Characterization of ZnO- CdS Quantum Dots, Intl.J. Mater. Sci. 4(5), 2009, 549-556. [8] Diwaker Kumar, G.Agarwal, N.Tripathi, D.Vyas and V.Kulshrestha, Characterization of PbS nanoparticles synthesized by chemical bath deposition, J.of Alloys and Comp., 484, 2009, 463-466. [9] R.Thielsch, T.Bohme, R.Reiche, D.Schlafer, H.D.Bauer, H.Bottcher , Quantum- size effects of PbS nanocrystallites in evaporated composite films Nano Stru. Mater.,10(2), 1998, 131-149. [10] L.S.Pedrotti , D.C.Reynolds, Change in Structure of Blue and Green Fluorescence in Cadmium Sulfide at Low Temperatures, Physical Review 119(6), 1960, 1897-1898. [11] B.A.Kulp, H.Kelley Displacement of the Sulfur Atom in CdS by Electron ZnO ZnO + 2.5 wt % Mn2+ ZnO + 5 wt % Mn2+ ZnO + 2.5 wt % S2- ZnO + 5 wt % S2-
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