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Investigations on structural and optical properties of Al-modified ZnO nanoparticles

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The current studies are concentrated on the synthesis of Al-modified ZnO nanoparticles prepared through sol–gel method for their structural and optical properties. The wurtzite structure with single phase formation for all the samples was confirmed from the Rietveld analysis on XRD data. Nano-crystalline nature (having particle size (~ 10 to 30 nm)) of all the synthesized samples have been examined by XRD and TEM data. Optical properties were carried out from UV–Vis, FTIR and Raman spectroscopy techniques. FTIR and Raman analysis also confirms the wurtzite structure and tetrahedral configuration with coordination of oxygen ions nearby the zinc ions. The UV–Vis measurement confirms that the bandgap is blue-shifted and slow red shift for lower and higher Al-concentrations in ZnO, respectively. Visible emission spectra of PL confirms the photo generated holes with deep-level emission, which is ascribed to recombination of electrons intensely spellbound in oxygen vacancies and zinc interstitials.

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The authors are thankful to UGC-DAE Indore and IUAC, New Delhi, for their experimental facilities. S. K. acknowledges the financial support from overseas postdoctoral fellowship, SERB-India (OPDF Award No.: SB/OS/PDF-060/2015–16) and Prof. K. Shimada (Hiroshima Synchrotron Radiation Center, Hiroshima University, Japan).

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    Shiv Kumar

  2. Materials Research Laboratory, Department of Physics, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, India

    Shiv Kumar & Anup Kumar Ghosh

  3. Experimental Research Laboratory, Department of Physics, ARSD College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, 110021, India

    Manish Kumar & Arvind Kumar

  4. CONACyT- Centro de Nanociencias y Nanotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Km 107 Carretera Tijuana-Ensenada s/n, C.P. 22800, Ensenada, B.C., Mexico

    Subhash Sharma

  5. Department of Physics, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, 273009, India

    Prashant Shahi

  6. Department of Physics, IIT-BHU, Varanasi, 221005, India

    Sandip Chatterjee

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Kumar, S., Kumar, M., Kumar, A. et al. Investigations on structural and optical properties of Al-modified ZnO nanoparticles. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 31, 7715–7723 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-020-03307-9

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