Rational doping for zinc oxide and its influences on morphology and optical properties

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/23/8/087701

Abstract Zinc oxide (ZnO) nanopowders doped with different metal ions (Me, Me = Sn⁴⁺, In³⁺, Mn²⁺, and Co²⁺) are prepared by a simple sol-gel method. Influences of the ion doping on morphology and optical properties of the resulting Zn_xMe_yO are investigated by scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, UV-vis absorption spectrum, and photoluminescence. The morphology of ZnO can be tailored by ion doping, which is closely related not only to the ionic radii and electronegativities of the doped ions, but also to their oxidation states and electron configurations. The optical band gap and photoluminescence of ZnO can also be modulated by ion doping, which results from a combination of different effects, Burstein-Moss, band tail, charge compensation, sp-d exchange, non-radiative recombination, and blocking barrier. This may offer us a viable approach to tuning the (optical) properties of ZnO-based materials via rational ion doping.

Keywords: zinc oxide sol-gel chemistry optical properties luminescence

Received: 04 September 2013
Revised: 14 March 2014
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PACS:	77.55.hf	(ZnO)
	78.67.Bf	(Nanocrystals, nanoparticles, and nanoclusters)
	78.60.Lc	(Optically stimulated luminescence)
	81.20.Fw	(Sol-gel processing, precipitation)

Corresponding Authors: Guan Zi-Sheng, He Tao
E-mail: zishengguan@163.com;het@nanoctr.cn

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Xia Yu-Jing (夏玉静), Guan Zi-Sheng (管自生), He Tao (贺涛) Rational doping for zinc oxide and its influences on morphology and optical properties 2014 Chin. Phys. B 23 087701

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