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Reduction in the Band Gap of Manganese-Doped Zinc Oxide: Role of the Oxidation State

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Manganese-doped zinc oxide powders were synthesized by solid state reaction of the respective oxides. The high-temperature conditions were chosen such that multiple valence states of manganese were doped in the host zinc oxide lattice. Structural characterization was carried out to confirm the doping and to find the maximum amount of manganese that can be incorporated. Diffuse reflectance spectroscopy was used to measure the optical band gap of the doped sample and the lowering with respect to pure ZnO was attributed to the presence of higher oxidation states of manganese. The presence of these oxidation states was confirmed using x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The study shows that a solid state reaction is a viable route for synthesizing doped metal oxides with desired optical properties.

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    Sonia Sharma, Pranith Ramesh & P. Swaminathan

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Sharma, S., Ramesh, P. & Swaminathan, P. Reduction in the Band Gap of Manganese-Doped Zinc Oxide: Role of the Oxidation State. J. Electron. Mater. 44, 4710–4716 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-015-4117-6

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