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Synthesis and characterization of mixed metal oxide nanoparticles derived from Co–Cr layered double hydroxides and their thin films

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In this paper, cobalt as divalent and chromium as trivalent ion layered double hydroxide was prepared in the absence and in the presence acetamide as organic molecule template by using co-precipitation method in aqueous solution at the room temperature. The resulting cobalt–chromium (Co–Cr) LDH and cobalt–chromium/acetamide (Co–Cr)/A LDH were dried at 358 K. To produce mixed metal oxides in nanoscale with appropriate physical properties form both cobalt divalent and chromium trivalent LDHs, the calcination process was applied for the prepared (Co–Cr)/A LDH samples at 873 K for 3 h. The calcined and un-calcined (Co–Cr)/A LDH samples were characterized using various techniques including FTIR, TGA, XRD and SEM techniques. Before the calcination, the XRD pattern of the (Co–Cr)/Acetamide LDH displays polycrystalline of LDH, while after calcination process, the crystallinity state changes to be semi-crystalline material. Fabrication of thin film from (Co–Cr)/A LDH was conducted by thermal evaporation method (Edwards type E 306 A, England) with thickness 200 ± 5 nm. The optical characteristics of (Co–Cr)/A LDH film, within the wavelength range of 200 nm to 1000 nm spectra for both calcined and un-calcined samples, were studied. The average optical energy gaps for (Co–Cr)/A LDH film before and after calcination were 2.79 eV and 2.81 eV, respectively. The optical absorption edges revealed the existence of blue shift with increasing of the calcination temperature. The resulting results could be useful for the fabrication of micro-nanodevices.

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Abbreviations

LDH:

Layered double hydroxide

(Co–Cr) LDH:

Cobalt–chromium layered double hydroxide

(Co–Cr)/A LDH:

Cobalt–chromium/acetamide layered double hydroxide

MMOs:

Mixed metal oxides

λ:

X-ray wavelength (1.5418 Å)

a, b, c:

Lattice constants

α, β, γ :

Lattice angles

FWHM :

Full width at half maximum

PW:

Peak width

d:

d-spacing

D:

Crystallite size

A:

Absorbance

E g :

Band gap

hυ :

Photon energy

hkl :

Miller indices

k :

Shape factor constant (0.94)

εstrain :

Weighted average strain

T(λ):

Transmittance

R(λ):

Reflectance

α :

Absorption coefficient

n(λ):

Refractive index n

k(λ):

Absorption index (extinction coefficient)

C :

Photon energy independent

ε 0 :

Free space dielectric constant

ε 1 :

Real dielectric constant

ε 2 :

Imaginary dielectric constant

θ:

Bragg angle

σ :

Optical conductivity

σ 1 :

Real part of optical conductivity

σ 2 :

Imaginary part of optical conductivity

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We gratefully acknowledge financial support from the Deanship of Scientific Research (DSR), Northern Border University (NBU), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) (SCI-2017-1-8-F-7238).

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  1. Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Northern Border University, 1321, Arar, 1321, Saudi Arabia

    Ahmed F. Al-Hossainy

  2. Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, New Valley University, Al-Wadi Al-Gadid, Al-Kharga, 72511, Egypt

    Ahmed F. Al-Hossainy

  3. Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Tanta, 31527, Egypt

    Ali Ibrahim

  4. Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Northern Boarder University, Arar, 1321, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

    Ali Ibrahim

  5. Chemical and Materials Engineering Department, King Abdul-Aziz University, Rabigh, 21911, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

    Mohamed Sh. Zoromba

  6. Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Port-Said University, Port-Said, 42521, Egypt

    Mohamed Sh. Zoromba

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Al-Hossainy, A.F., Ibrahim, A. & Zoromba, M.S. Synthesis and characterization of mixed metal oxide nanoparticles derived from Co–Cr layered double hydroxides and their thin films. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 30, 11627–11642 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-019-01520-9

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