Variation of Alkali Concentration and Temperature: Its Effect on the Morphology of ZnO Nanoparticles Synthesized via Solvothermal Technique
- 8 September 2021
- journal article
- Published by Trans Tech Publications, Ltd. in Defect and Diffusion Forum
- Vol. 411, 3-15
- https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/ddf.411.3
Abstract
This study reports on synthesis of ZnO nanostructures using Zinc chloride (ZnCl2) as precursors and Potassium hydroxide (KOH) as alkaline source in a solvothermal process with varying molar concentrations (Zn2+/OH-) of 1:1, 1:3 and 1:5 for temperatures of 30 °C and 50 °C. The synthesized nanostructures were characterized by X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FE-SEM), Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR) Spectroscopy, and Ultraviolet Visible (UV-Vis) spectroscopy. ZnO nanostructures synthesized at lower ratios (1:1) exhibited wurtzite hexagonal shapes. However, as the concentration ratios increases in both cases, spherical structures were formed with the emergence of some rod-like structures dominating, and finally aggregated to form flower-like structures at 30 °C temperature. The average crystallite size for nanostructures from XRD (30-50 °C) were in the range 15-21 nm whereas the average particle size from TEM analysis (30-50 °C) were in the range 39-76 nm. Increase in temperature and molar concentration of the alkaline source generally decreased the crystallite and particle size of the as well as a decrease in the wavelength of ZnO nanostructures as a result of blue-shifting of the absorption peak. FT-IR spectra of ZnO NSs prepared from concentration ratios of Zn2+: OH- (1:1, 1:3 and 1:5) at 30 °C and 50 °C showed characteristic peak bands at 461-467 cm-1 and 460-462 cm-1 respectively.Keywords
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