Effect of solvent on the synthesis of SnO{sub 2} nanoparticles

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

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4946583· OSTI ID:22606578

Kumar, Virender; Singh, Karamjit ^[1]; Singh, Kulwinder; Kumar, Akshay ^[2]; Kumari, Sudesh; Thakur, Anup ^[3]

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1. Department of Physics, Punjabi University, Patiala 147 002, Punjab (India)
2. Advanced Functional Materials Lab, Department of Nanotechnology, Sri Guru Granth Sahib World University, Fatehgarh Sahib 140 407, Punjab (India)
3. Advanced Materials Research Lab, Department of Basic and Applied Sciences, Punjabi University, Patiala 147 002, Punjab (India)

Tin oxide (SnO{sub 2}) nanoparticles have been synthesized by co-precipitation method. The synthesized nanoparticles have been characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Ultraviolet-Visible spectroscopy (UV-VIS). XRD analysis confirmed the formation of single phase of SnO{sub 2} nanoparticles. It has been found that solvents played important role in controlling the crystallite size of SnO{sub 2} nanoparticles. The XRD analysis showed well crystallized tetragonal SnO{sub 2} nanoparticles. The crystallite size of SnO{sub 2} nanoparticles varies with the solvent. Tauc plot showed that optical band gap was also tailored by controlling the solvent during synthesis.

• OSTI ID: 22606578
• 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

77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY
COPRECIPITATION
NANOPARTICLES
SOLVENTS
SPECTROSCOPY
SYNTHESIS
TIN OXIDES
ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION
X RADIATION
X-RAY DIFFRACTION