Structural and Spectroscopic Characterizations of ZnO Quantum Dots Annealed at Different Temperatures

作     者：Geeta Rani P.D.Sahare 

作者机构：Department of Physics and AstrophysicsUniversity of Delhi 

出 版 物：《Journal of Materials Science & Technology》 (材料科学技术（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2013年第29卷第11期

页      面：1035-1039页

核心收录：

学科分类：080503[工学-材料加工工程] 0806[工学-冶金工程] 0817[工学-化学工程与技术] 08[工学] 0805[工学-材料科学与工程（可授工学、理学学位）] 0703[理学-化学] 0802[工学-机械工程] 0702[理学-物理学] 0801[工学-力学（可授工学、理学学位）] 080201[工学-机械制造及其自动化] 

基　　金：UGC for financial assistance 

主　　题：ZnO quantum dots Photoluminescence UV-Vis spectroscopy 

摘      要：Here, we report the synthesis and characterizations of sol-gel derived zinc oxide （ZnO） quantum dots （QDs） using zinc acetate dihydrate （Zn（CH3COO）2.2H20） and lithium hydroxide monohydrate （LiOH.H20） as raw material. The as-prepared ZnO QDs was annealed at different temperature （400, 700, and 900 ℃） and the structural, optical properties were investigated by X-ray diffraction （XRD）, high resolution transmission electron microscopy （HRTEM）, UV-Vis and photoluminescence （PL） spectroscopy. The powder XRD patterns of the obtained samples showed the formation of single-phase wurtzite structure and the morphological changes have been observed with increasing annealing temperature. In the absorption spectra, the optical band gap of nanocrystalline ZnO QDs decreased from 3.18 to 3.11 eV and the particle size increased with increasing temperature. In the PL spectra, a broad green emission peak related to defect levels in the visible range of the spectra have been recorded.