Synthesis of Silver-Doped Zinc Oxide Nanocomposite by Pulse Mode Ultrasonication and Its Characterization Studies. (12th September 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Siva Vijayakumar, T.; Karthikeyeni, S.; Vasanth, S.; Ganesh, Arul; Bupesh, G.; Ramesh, R.; Manimegalai, M.; Subramanian, P.
• Other Names: Lupan Oleg I. Academic Editor.
• Is Part Of: Journal of nanoscience. Volume 2013(2013)
• Publication Date: 2013-09-12
• Subjects: Nanoscience -- Periodicals; Nanoscience; Periodicals; 500
• DOI: 10.1155/2013/785064
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2356-749X

Abstract

Abstract : The synthesis of silver-doped zinc oxide (Ag:ZnO) nanocomposite material was achieved using a simple chemical coprecipitation method, in which 0.2 M zinc chloride and 0.001 M silver nitrate coprecipitated with 25% ammonia solution by pulse mode dispersion using ultrasonicator. The obtained silvery white precipitate was dried overnight at 110°C in hot air oven, and the powder was collected. The resulted Ag:ZnO nanocomposite was structurally and optically characterized using various techniques. The X-ray diffraction (XRD) pattern clearly showed the presence of crystalline Ag:ZnO particles. Further, UV-Vis spectrophotometer and fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) results showed the presence of Ag:ZnO nanocomposite at specific wavelengths. The scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) analysis confirm that the synthesized Ag:ZnO nanocomposite material was truncated nanorod in shape and has 48 to 226 nm size in diameter.