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Influence of Sintering Duration on Crystal Phase and Optical Band Gap of Mn3+ -Doped Willemite-Based Glass-Ceramics

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Abstract

A conventional melt quenching technique was used to successfully fabricate Mn2O3 -doped willemite glass-ceramics (Zn2SiO4:Mn3+) produced from the ZnO-SLS glasses. The results from XRD revealed that willemite crystallization is improved by increasing the sintering duration. It was revealed that, as the sintering duration progressed, the phase formation shifted from amorphous to α-Zn2SiO4 crystal. In addition, the structural growth of willemite phases can be seen using FTIR spectroscopy. The results of UV-Vis spectroscopy indicated that the intense absorption occurs in the UV zone, with wavelengths ranging from 250 nm to 400 nm, while the optical band gap showed a decreasing trend from 3.61 eV to 2.52 eV. These results perfectly established that Mn3+ dopant is potentially beneficial for producing willemite glass-ceramics for optoelectronic applications.

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Acknowledgments

This research was supported by the Ministry of Education (MOE) through the Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS/1/2019/STG07/UPM/02/3). We also want to thank the Universiti Putra Malaysia which provide Inisiatif Putra Berimpak Grant (9702600) for sponsoring this research work.

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  1. Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, UPM, 43400, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

    L. Z. Wei, C. W. Mun & M. H. M. Zaid

  2. Institute of Physics and Technology, Ural Federal University, Ekaterinburg, 620002, Russia

    H. M. H. Zakaly

  3. Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Assiut, 71524, Egypt

    H. M. H. Zakaly

  4. Physics Department, Faculty of Science, University of Tabuk, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia

    Shams A. M. Issa

  5. Department of Physics and Nanotechnology Research Unit, Faculty of Science, University of Tabuk, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia

    Shams A. M. Issa

  6. Material Synthesis and Characterization Laboratory, Institute of Advanced Technology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, UPM, 43400, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

    M. H. M. Zaid

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Wei, L.Z., Mun, C.W., Zakaly, H.M.H. et al. Influence of Sintering Duration on Crystal Phase and Optical Band Gap of Mn3+ -Doped Willemite-Based Glass-Ceramics. J. Electron. Mater. 51, 1163–1168 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-021-09378-6

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