Structural and optical characterization of Ni and Al co-doped ZnO nanopowders synthesized via the sol-gel process

KONA Powder and Particle Journal

Volumn , Issue 32, 2015, Pages 154-162

  Sayari, Amor ^a,b   El Mir, Lassaad ^c,d  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Equipe de Spectroscopie Raman   (Tunisia)

^c AL IMAM MOHAMMAD IBN SAUD ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY IMSIU   (Saudi Arabia)

^d Laboratoire de Physique des Matériaux et des Nanomatériaux Appliquée à l Environnement   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Ni and Al co doping; Raman scattering; SEM; Sol gel; XRD; ZnO

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLITE SIZE; ENERGY GAP; INFRARED IMAGING; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NICKEL; RAMAN SCATTERING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOL-GEL PROCESS; TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE;

CO-DOPING; DECOMPOSITION PROCESS; NANOSTRUCTURED POWDERS; POLYCRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE; STRUCTURAL AND OPTICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; STRUCTURAL STUDIES; XRD; ZNO;

ALUMINUM;

EID: 84921693749     PISSN: 02884534     EISSN: 21875537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14356/kona.2015003     Document Type: Article

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