<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Pure and Sn-doped ZnO nanostructures were synthesized by simple chemical solution method. In this method we used zinc nitrate and NaOH as precursors. Sn doping content in ZnO was taken with the ratio 0, 5, 10, 15 and 20 percent by weight. Physical properties of Sn-doped ZnO powder were studied by XRD analysis which revealed that Sn doping had a significant effect on crystalline quality, grain size, intensity, dislocation density and strain. The calculated average grain size of pure ZnO was 21 nm. The best crystalline structure was found for 0 wt.%, 5 wt.% and 10 wt.% Sn doping as observed by FESEM and XRD. However, higher Sn-doping (> 10 wt.%) degraded the crystallinity and the grain size of 27.67 nm to 17.76 nm. The structures observed in FESEM images of the samples surfaces were irregular and non-homogeneous. EDX depicted no extra peak of impurity and confirmed good quality of the samples.</p></abstract>

Pure and Sn-doped ZnO nanostructures were synthesized by simple chemical solution method. In this method we used zinc nitrate and NaOH as precursors. Sn doping content in ZnO was taken with the ratio 0, 5, 10, 15 and 20 percent by weight. Physical properties of Sn-doped ZnO powder were studied by XRD analysis which revealed that Sn doping had a significant effect on crystalline quality, grain size, intensity, dislocation density and strain. The calculated average grain size of pure ZnO was 21 nm. The best crystalline structure was found for 0 wt.%, 5 wt.% and 10 wt.% Sn doping as observed by FESEM and XRD. However, higher Sn-doping (> 10 wt.%) degraded the crystallinity and the grain size of 27.67 nm to 17.76 nm. The structures observed in FESEM images of the samples surfaces were irregular and non-homogeneous. EDX depicted no extra peak of impurity and confirmed good quality of the samples.

Synthesis and study of structural properties of Sn doped ZnO nanoparticles

Department of Basic Sciences (Physics), University of Engineering & Technology, Taxila,

Government Municipal Postgraduate College, Toba Tek Singh,

Department of Physics, Bahudin Zikria University, Multan,

Department of Mechanical Engineering, UET, Taxila,

Materials Science-Poland

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Pure and Sn-doped ZnO nanostructures were synthesized by simple chemical solution method. In this method we used zinc nitrate and NaOH as precursors. Sn doping...

x	Strain (∈)	Grain size [nm]	Dislocation density (δ) [lines/m²]
0.00	0.001584	21.3270	0.00212
0.05	0.00122	27.663	0.00130
0.10	0.00123	25.272	0.00161
0.15	0.0016	21.028	0.00226
0.20	0.0019	17.763	0.00317

x	2θ	FWHM	Intensity [a.u.]	Grain size [nm]
0.00	36.2	0.006671	679.96	21.3270
0.05	36.2	0.005137	814.26	27.663
0.10	36.2	0.00521	377.49	25.272
0.15	36.2	0.00676	122.60	21.028
0.20	36.2	0.0080	71.8320	17.763

Element	Zno-0 [wt.%]	% Sn [at.%]	Zno -5 [wt.%]	% Sn [at.%]	ZnO-10 [wt.%]	% Sn [at.%]	ZnO-15 [wt.%]	% Sn [at.%]	ZnO-20 [wt.%]	% Sn [at.%]
Zn	74.77	42.04	75.09	43.86	82.89	65.63	57.70	37.93	39.34	22.21
o	25.23	57.96	23.31	55.62	9.61	31.10	20.12	54.04	29.53	68.12
-	-	-	1.61	0.52	7.49	3.27	22.18	8.03	31.13	9.68
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

Synthesis and study of structural properties of Sn doped ZnO nanoparticles

Published Online: Nov 27, 2016

Page range: 741 - 746

Received: Dec 27, 2015

Accepted: Sep 24, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/msp-2016-0109

Keywords
nanoparticles, chemical solution method, physical properties, XRD analysis

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Calculation of strain, and dislocation density with an increase of Sn content in Zn1-xSnxO (x = 0.00 to 0.20).

Variation of grain size with the increase of Sn content in Zn1-xSnxO (x = 0.00 to 0.20) [33]

Compositional analysis of synthesized Sn doped ZnO nanoparticles at 0 wt.%, 5 wt.%, 10 wt.%, 15 wt.% and 20 wt.%.

Synthesis and study of structural properties of Sn doped ZnO nanoparticles

Published Online: Nov 27, 2016

Page range: 741 - 746

Received: Dec 27, 2015

Accepted: Sep 24, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/msp-2016-0109

Keywordsnanoparticles, chemical solution method, physical properties, XRD analysis

© Wroclaw University of Technology

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Calculation of strain, and dislocation density with an increase of Sn content in Zn1-xSnxO (x = 0.00 to 0.20).

Variation of grain size with the increase of Sn content in Zn1-xSnxO (x = 0.00 to 0.20) [33]

Compositional analysis of synthesized Sn doped ZnO nanoparticles at 0 wt.%, 5 wt.%, 10 wt.%, 15 wt.% and 20 wt.%.

Keywords
nanoparticles, chemical solution method, physical properties, XRD analysis