Photocatalytic activity of pure and Ni-doped ZnO nanoparticles. (1st January 2011)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Sridevi, D.; Rajendran, K.V.
• Is Part Of: International journal of nanoparticles. Volume 4:Number 4(2011)
• Page Start: 381
• Page End: 388
• Publication Date: 2011-01-01
• Subjects: ZnO nanoparticles -- Ni-doped ZnO -- scanning electron microscopy -- SEM -- transmission electron microscopy -- TEM -- photoluminescence -- PL -- photocatalytic activity; Nanotechnology -- Periodicals; 620.505
• DOI: 10.1504/IJNP.2011.043500
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1753-2507

Abstract

Pure and Ni-doped ZnO nanoparticles were synthesised by using hydrothermal method. The microstructures of ZnO nanomaterials were characterised by X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The optical absorption spectroscopy shows shift in band gap energies for Ni-doped ZnO nanocrystals. The room temperature photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy shows dominant emission peaks in the visible region. Ni-doped ZnO nanoparticles exhibit better photocatalytic activity for the photocatalytic degradation of methyl orange, indicating that doped ZnO nanomaterials are promising material for photocatalyst.