Study of blueshift of optical band gap in zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles prepared by low-temperature wet chemical method

Materials Letters

Volumn 111, Issue , 2013, Pages 116-119

  Debanath, M K ^a   Karmakar, S ^a  

^a GAUHATI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Blueshift; Optical band gap; Semiconductors; UV vis absorption; ZnO nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

BLUE SHIFT; COMPOSITIONAL ANALYSIS; HYPERBOLIC BAND MODELS; POLYVINYL PYROLLIDONE; UV-VIS ABSORPTION SPECTRA; UV-VIS ABSORPTIONS; WET-CHEMICAL METHOD; ZNO NANOPARTICLES;

METAL NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL BAND GAPS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

EID: 84883724938     PISSN: 0167577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2013.08.069     Document Type: Article

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