Investigation of tin oxide nanofibers synthesized via bio-template technique
- Department of Electronic Science, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra (India)
- Post-Graduate Department of Applied Physics, S.D. College, Ambala Cantt. 133 001 India (India)
In the present paper tin oxide nanofibers have been by synthesized using cotton as bio-template via sol-gel route. This is comparatively a new synthesis technique. The structure and morphology of the obtained SnO{sub 2} nanofibers were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscope (SEM), energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX). The optical properties of the same have been studied by using UV-Vis spectroscopy. The observed XRD pattern showed that peaks are very narrow and sharp which indicates crystalline nature of samples. SEM images gave an idea about the sample morphology and confirm that the obtained sample were nanofibers. The optical absorbance spectrum of the sample under study was recorded in UV-visible region (200nm- 800nm). The band gap of the sample was found to be 3.95 eV which is higher than their bulk counterpart.
- OSTI ID:
- 22488800
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 1675; ISSN APCPCS; ISSN 0094-243X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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