کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
1494047 1510796 2014 8 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Structural phase analysis, band gap tuning and fluorescence properties of Co doped TiO2 nanoparticles
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه مهندسی مواد سرامیک و کامپوزیت
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Structural phase analysis, band gap tuning and fluorescence properties of Co doped TiO2 nanoparticles
چکیده انگلیسی


• Successfully synthesized Co doped anatase TiO2 NPs by acid modified sol–gel method.
• Crystallite size is found to decrease from ∼10 to ∼8 nm by Co doping.
• Raman active Eg peak shifted to higher energy on successive Co doping.
• Band gap found to increase from 3.250 to 3.458 eV with Co concentration.
• Blue shifts of band edge emission in fluorescence spectra on Co doping.

This paper reports on structural and optical properties of Co (0, 3, 5 & 7 mol%) doped TiO2 (titania) nanoparticles (NPs) synthesized by employing acid modified sol–gel method. The crystalline phase of the pure and doped NPs was observed with X-ray diffraction (XRD) followed by Raman scattering technique. Field emission scanning electron microscope and transmission electron microscopy give the morphological details. Fourier transform infrared spectra indicate the bonding interactions of Co ions with the titania lattice framework. Optical studies were attained with UV–visible absorption and fluorescence emission spectroscopy. XRD analysis reveals that all prepared samples have pure anatase phase with tetragonal symmetry devoid of any other secondary phase. The average crystallite size of all samples was calculated using Scherrer’s formula and was found to vary from 8 to 10 nm with doping concentration of Co. The Raman spectroscopy further confirmed the formation of TiO2 in anatase structure in both pure and Co doped TiO2 NPs. The most intense Raman active Eg peak of TiO2 NPs shifted to higher energy on doping. Both UV–visible and fluorescence spectra show a blue shift in their absorption and band edge emission subsequently on increasing with Co percentage in titania host matrix, wherever there is an indication of quantum confinement effect with widening of band gap on decreasing in NPs size. There is also a possibility of strong Coulomb interaction effect on the optical processes involving the Co ions. However, the intensities of different emission spectra are not the same but decrease profoundly for doping samples due to concentration quenching effect.

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ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Optical Materials - Volume 38, December 2014, Pages 278–285
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