Effect of Ag clusters doping on the photoluminescence, photocatalysis and magnetic properties of ZnO nanorods prepared by facile microwave-assisted hydrothermal synthesis

We report a chemical route to synthesize stabilized ZnO:Ag nanoparticles (NPs) combined with nanosized metallic Ag using microwave-assisted hydrothermal synthesis. We employ X-ray diffraction (XRD), field emission guns scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, spectrophotometry...

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Published inJournal of materials science. Materials in electronics Vol. 28; no. 15; pp. 11059 - 11069
Main Authors Souza, R. P. A., Motta, F. V., Nascimento, J. H. O., Bomio, M. R. D., Borges, F. M. M., Correa, M. A., Longo, E., Li, M. S., Bohn, F., Paskocimas, C. A.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Springer US 01.08.2017
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Characterization and Evaluation of Materials
Chemical synthesis
Chemistry and Materials Science
Clusters
Crystal structure
Doping
Electrical properties
Field emission
Guns
Magnetic properties
Magnetism
Materials Science
Nanoparticles
Nanorods
Optical and Electronic Materials
Photocatalysis
Photodegradation
Photoluminescence
Scanning electron microscopy
Silver
Spectrophotometry
Transmission electron microscopy
Wurtzite
X-ray diffraction
Zinc oxide
Contact Quenching
Chemical Route
Dope Composition
Average Crystallite Diameter
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Summary:We report a chemical route to synthesize stabilized ZnO:Ag nanoparticles (NPs) combined with nanosized metallic Ag using microwave-assisted hydrothermal synthesis. We employ X-ray diffraction (XRD), field emission guns scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, spectrophotometry, photodegradation, photoluminescence and magnetic characterizations to investigate the structural, morphological, photocatalytic and magnetic properties of ZnO:Ag samples with different Ag concentrations. We verify through XRD results the standard wurtzite crystalline phases and face-centered cubic for metallic Ag NPs. Moreover, we confirm through spectrophotometry the photocatalysis in the samples. The Ag clusters doping the pure material causes the shift from green to yellow-red, which are lower energy wavelengths, thus corroborating changes of its electrical properties due to the decreased gap. We interpret the magnetic properties in terms of the nanosizing and similar effects. Under these conditions, we show the improvement of the photocatalytic and magnetic properties of ZnO NPs.
ISSN:0957-4522
1573-482X
DOI:10.1007/s10854-017-6890-x