Aluminium nanoparticles size effect on the optical and structural properties of ZnO nanostructures synthesized by spin-coating technique

K. Gherab; Y. Al-Douri; C.H. Voon; U. Hashim; M. Ameri; A. Bouhemadou

Results in Physics (Jan 2017)

Aluminium nanoparticles size effect on the optical and structural properties of ZnO nanostructures synthesized by spin-coating technique

K. Gherab,
Y. Al-Douri,
C.H. Voon,
U. Hashim,
M. Ameri,
A. Bouhemadou

Affiliations

K. Gherab: Institute of Nano Electronic Engineering, University Malaysia Perlis, 01000 Kangar, Perlis, Malaysia
Y. Al-Douri: Physics Department, Faculty of Science, University of Sidi-Bel-Abbes, 22000, Algeria; Corresponding author.
C.H. Voon: Institute of Nano Electronic Engineering, University Malaysia Perlis, 01000 Kangar, Perlis, Malaysia
U. Hashim: Institute of Nano Electronic Engineering, University Malaysia Perlis, 01000 Kangar, Perlis, Malaysia
M. Ameri: Laboratoire Physico-Chimie des Matériaux Avancés (LPCMA), Université Djilali Liabès de Sidi Bel-Abbès, Sidi Bel-Abbès 22000, Algeria
A. Bouhemadou: Laboratory for Developing New Materials and their Characterization, University of Setif 1, 19000 Setif, Algeria

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7
pp. 1190 – 1197

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Zinc oxide has been synthesized using sol-gel method with different Al nanoparticles (40, 70 and 100 nm). It has been analysed and characterized by UV–vis, X-ray diffraction (XRD), atomic force microscopy (AFM) and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), respectively. It has been revealed that Al nanoparticles (Al NPs) affect ZnO’s particle size, thickness, roughness, bulk modulus, energy gap, absorbance and transmittance. The optical band gap is varied with Al nanoparticles. The bulk modulus has been calculated to investigate the stiffness of AZOs. Our measured values are in good agreement with other data available in the literature. Keywords: ZnO, Nanoparticles, Analysis, Characterization

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