Microstructural and photoluminescence properties of sol-gel derived Tb 3+ doped ZnO nanocrystals

Journal of Alloys and Compounds

Volumn 591, Issue , 2014, Pages 156-163

  Kabongo, Guy L ^a,b,c   Mhlongo, Gugu H ^b   Malwela, Thomas ^b   Mothudi, Bakang M ^a   Hillie, Kenneth T ^b,d   Dhlamini, Mokhotjwa S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

^b Future production Chemicals Cluster   (South Africa)

^c Sciences de la Santé   (Congo)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Band gap; Photoluminescence; Quantum dots; Sol gel; Terbium; Zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

DEFECTS EMISSIONS; DISPERSED PARTICLE; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY SPECTROMETERS; ENERGY TRANSFER MECHANISMS; HIGH CRYSTALLINITY; HOMOGENEOUS DISTRIBUTION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE PROPERTIES; POST-HEAT TREATMENT;

DOPING (ADDITIVES); ENERGY GAP; ENERGY TRANSFER; NANOCRYSTALS; OPTICAL BAND GAPS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC OXIDE;

TERBIUM;

EID: 84892656967     PISSN: 09258388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2013.12.075     Document Type: Article

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