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Effect of Vanadium Ions on the Functional Properties of Nanocrystalline Zinc Oxide

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 July 2011

Marco A. Gálvez Saldaña ,
Oscar Perales Perez  and
Maxime J-F Guinel
Marco A. Gálvez Saldaña
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 00980, USA.
Oscar Perales Perez
Affiliation:
Department of Engineering Science and Materials, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 00680-9044, USA.
Maxime J-F Guinel
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras, P.O. Box 70377, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8377 USA.
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Abstract

A systematic study was carried out to determine the effects of composition and grain size on the structural, optical and magnetic properties of pure ZnO and vanadium-doped ZnO nanocrystalline powders and films in the 0.0 at.% V - 6 at.% V range. The powders and films were synthesized via a sol-gel approach, where ethanolamine was used to increase the viscosity of the precursor solutions and promote the adhesion of the films onto quartz substrates. Powder X-ray diffraction confirmed the formation of ZnO (host oxide) after annealing of the precursors in air. The average grain size in the thin films ranged from 11 nm to 23 nm when the samples were annealed in air for one hour between 450ºC and 550ºC. UV-vis and photoluminescence confirmed the formation of the host oxide. Also, the photoluminescence intensity was found to be strongly dependent on the amount vanadium. Furthermore, it was found that the vanadium concentration and the annealing temperature play an important role in the ferromagnetic behavior of the material.

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sol-gelthin filmferromagnetic
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1368: Symposium WW – Multiferroic, Ferroelectric, and Functional Materials, Interfaces and Heterostructures , 2011 , mrss11-1368-ww11-12
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2011

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