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AUTHOR
Onyekachi Kalu
Enhanced optical properties of Cd–Mg-co-doped ZnO nanoparticles induced by low crystal structure distortion
Abstract The growth of CdxMg0.125-xZn0.875O nanoparticles with yellow-orange luminescence is achieved up to 2.5 at. % Cd via a modified sol–gel process. X-ray diffraction analysis confirmed that all the nanoparticles have the hexagonal wurtzite structure. It is found that Cd doping has a considerable effect on the crystal size, microstrain, band gap, and photoluminescence of the Mg0·125Zn0·875O structure, originating from a preferred crystallographic orientation along the (101) plane of the wurtzite structure. The shift and broadening of the E2(high) mode observed in the Raman spectra due to growth-induced strain corroborates the small distortion observed in the X-ray diffraction data. The …
Near band edge and defect emissions in wurtzite Cd0.025Mg0.10Zn0.875O nanocrystals
Abstract We report on near band edge and local defects emissions in Cd0·025Mg0·10Zn0·875O (CdMgZnO) nanoparticles (NPs) as a function of temperature, where a strong temperature-dependent near-infrared emission around 1.7 eV (~730 nm) has been observed. The NPs were synthesized by a modified sol-gel method and were annealed at 750 °C after growing. The crystallographic parameters have been determined by 2-dimensional synchrotron x-ray diffraction (XRD) and conventional XRD analysis, confirming their growth within the wurtzite phase with a preferred orientation along the (101) plane and an apparent crystallite size of 52.72 ± 0.18 nm. This apparent crystallite size is consistent with the near…