Effects of the Cu Ion on the Structural and Optical Properties of Yttrium Doped ZnO by Solution Combustion
Effects of the Cu Ion on the Structural and Optical Properties of Yttrium Doped ZnO by Solution Combustion作者机构:Departamento de Materia Condensada y Criogenia Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Instituto de Investigaciones en Materiales circuito exterior S/N Ciudad de México Coyoacán Ciudad de México México
出 版 物:《World Journal of Condensed Matter Physics》 (凝固态物理国际期刊(英文))
年 卷 期:2017年第7卷第4期
页 面:89-98页
主 题:Zinc Oxide Solution Combustion X-Ray Photoluminescence Morphology
摘 要:In this experiment, pure, Y3+ doped ZnO and Cu2+ + Y3+ co-doped ZnO were synthesized by a solution combustion method. The Y3+ dopant concentration was fixed in 3%wt. and the Cu2+ dopant concentrations were 0, 1, 2, 3, 10, and 20%wt. The XRD spectra showed that the original hexagonal wurtzite structure of ZnO is conserved after doping process, an increasing red shift until 10%wt. Cu2+ doping and decrease at higher Cu2+ doping and also, the chemical creation of the news Y2O3 and Y2Cu2O5 phases. The behavior of the photoluminescence of the samples as a function of Cu2+ doping reveal that the green emission band of the ZnO is quenching and the ZnO UV emission intensity decrease notably for all Cu2+ doping. The scanning electron microscope analysis of the Cu2+ + Y3+ co-doped ZnO samples reveal the existence of grains agglutinated forming like-spheres particles. However, the nano-sized characteristic of the crystals is confirmed.