Effective role of Rb doping in controlling the crystallization, crystal imperfections, and microstructural and morphological features of ZnO-NPs synthesized by the sol-gel approach

• Published in: CrystEngComm Vol. 24; no. 26; pp. 4661 - 4678
• Main Authors: Sa'aedi, Abdolhossein, Akl, Alaa Ahmed, Hassanien, Ahmed Saeed
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge Royal Society of Chemistry 04.07.2022
• Subjects: Crystal defects; Crystal structure; Crystallinity; Crystallites; Crystallization; Degree of crystallinity; Emission analysis; Energy dispersive X ray spectroscopy; Microstrain; Nanoparticles; Normal distribution; Sol-gel processes; Synthesis; Wurtzite; X-ray diffraction; Zinc oxide

This article is dedicated to synthesizing pure ZnO and Rb-doped ZnO nanoparticles, Rb x Zn 1− x O-NPs ( x = 0.0, 0.02, 0.04, 0.06 mol), using sol-gel technology. Synthesized samples have been characterized and studied using X-ray diffraction (XRD), energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), and fie...