Study of structural and optical properties of Fe doped CuO nanoparticles

Journal Article · Fri May 06 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4946108· OSTI ID:22591253

Rani, Poonam; Gupta, Ankita; Kaur, Sarabjeet; Kumar, Sacheen; Kumar, Dinesh ^[1]; Singh, Vishal ^[2]

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1. Department of Electronics science, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Haryana, India-136119 (India)
2. Centre for Materials Science and Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur, H.P., India-177005 (India)

Iron doped Copper oxide nanoparticles were synthesized by the co-precipitation method at different concentration (3%, 6%, 9%) at 300-400° C with Copper Acetate and Ferric Chloride as precursors in presence of Polyethylene Glycol and Sodium Hydroxide as stabilizing agent. Effect of doping on the structural and optical properties is studied. The obtained nanoparticles were characterized by X-Ray Diffraction and UV-Visible Spectroscopy for examining the size and the band gap respectively. The X-Ray Diffraction plots confirmed the monoclinic structure of Copper oxide suggesting the Cu atoms replaced by Fe atoms and no secondary phase was detected. The indirect band gap of Fe doped CuO nanoparticles is 2.4eV and increases to 3.4eV as the concentration of dopant increases. The majority of particle size is in range 8 nm to 35.55 nm investigated by X-ray diffractometer.

• OSTI ID: 22591253
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1728, Issue 1; Conference: ICC 2015: International conference on condensed matter and applied physics, Bikaner (India), 30-31 Oct 2015; Other Information: (c) 2016 Author(s); Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

37 INORGANIC
ORGANIC
PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
ACETATES
ATOMS
CONCENTRATION RATIO
COPPER OXIDES
COPRECIPITATION
DOPED MATERIALS
ENERGY GAP
IRON
IRON CHLORIDES
MONOCLINIC LATTICES
NANOPARTICLES
OPTICAL PROPERTIES
PARTICLE SIZE
POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS
PRECURSOR
SODIUM HYDROXIDES
ULTRAVIOLET SPECTRA
VISIBLE SPECTRA
X-RAY DIFFRACTION