Novel synthesis of nanorod ZnO and Fe-doped ZnO by the hydrolysis of metal powders.
Fe-doped ZnO nanorods have been synthesized by a novel process employing a hydrolysis of metal powders. Zn and Fe nano-powders were used as starting materials and incorporated into distilled water. The solution was refluxed at 60 degrees C for 24 h to obtain the precipitates from the hydrolysis of Zn and Fe. X-ray diffraction patterns for all the samples showed a pure wurtzite single phase, without any segregation of the Fe into the particulates within the instrumental resolution limit. The TEM results for ZnO with and without an Fe-doping showed that the produced powders had a rod-like shape. The rod shape was attributable to the zinc oxide from the hydrolysis of Zn. With an increasing Fe content, the UV-vis spectra were shifted to a long wave length and this result indicates that the band gap was changed by an Fe-doping.
Nuclear Nanomaterials Development Lab, Korea Atomic Energy Reseach Institute(KAERI), Daejeon 305-600, Korea.
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Han
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Uhm
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Kim
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Rhee
D003460:Crystallization / Q000379:methods*; D006868:Hydrolysis; D007501:Iron / Q000737:chemistry*; D046911:Macromolecular Substances / Q000737:chemistry; D008422:Materials Testing; D008670:Metals / Q000737:chemistry; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D010316:Particle Size; D011208:Powders; D012666:Semiconductors; D013499:Surface Properties; D015032:Zinc / Q000737:chemistry*; D015034:Zinc Oxide / Q000737:chemistry*
D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008670:Metals; D011208:Powders; D007501:Iron; D015032:Zinc; D015034:Zinc Oxide