Title: Preparation, characterisation and optical properties of zinc oxide nanoparticles obtained by new intercalation chemical route

Authors: A.A. Al-Ghamdi, S. Al-Heniti, E.H. El-Mossalamy, M. Al-Assiri, H. Al-Gharni, A. Al-Hajry, Nadia Abdel Aal, Farid El-Tantawy

Addresses: Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, P.O. Box 80203, Jeddah 21589, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. ' Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, P.O. Box 80203, Jeddah 21589, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. ' Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, King Abdul Aziz University, P.O. Box 80203, Jeddah 21589, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. ' Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, King Khalid University, P.O. Box 9003, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. ' Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, King Khalid University, P.O. Box 9003, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. ' Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Najran University, P.O. Box 1988, Najran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. ' Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt; Girls Education College at Al Baha, Al Baha University, Al Baha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.' Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt; Faculty of Education for Girls at Balgarn, King Khalid University, Sabt Al-Alaya, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Abstract: A new simple intercalation chemical route was used to synthesise ZnO nanoparticles via ZnO, sodium doclecyl sulfate as a surfactant and hydrogen peroxide at 90°C with strong stirring for five hours. The results of X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Fourier transformer infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) show that ZnO nanoparticles are all of crystalline hexagonal zincite phase. The results of scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and XRD indicate that the mean sizes of ZnO nanoparticles is about 25 nm. The thermal gravimetry reveals that the as-prepared ZnO has good thermal stability. Compared with other synthesis approaches, the proposed method can get fairly good product with a relatively low cost. The optical band gap energy of ZnO was 3.17 eV.

Keywords: nanomaterials; zinc oxide; ZnO nanoparticles; microstructure; characterisation; optical properties; intercalation; nanoparticles synthesis; nanotechnology.

DOI: 10.1504/IJNP.2009.028742

International Journal of Nanoparticles, 2009 Vol.2 No.1/2/3/4/5/6, pp.100-110

Published online: 30 Sep 2009 *

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