Nanomeghyas

Nanomeghyas

Facile green synthesis of Au-doped ZnO nanoparticles prepared and X-ray analysis by Scherrer and size-strain plot methods

Document Type : Original Article

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Academic Staff/Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Biological Science, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
Synthesizing of ZnAuO Nanoparticle is made using the sol-gel process. The sol-gel process is a friendly and green synthesis technique in gelatin media. This formula is Zn1-x Au xO, which x is equal 0.0, 0.03, 0.06 and 0.09. This component, for 2 hours, remained at fixed calcination at 650 °C temperature. Morphology and structure of these NPs were investigated utilizing transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and X-ray diffraction analysis (XRD). The decrease in intensity peaks in XRD patterns shows that the ZnO crystalline sizes decreased as the Au concentration increases that can be related to defects that occur due to the presence of Au atoms in ZnO lattice. TEM images express mono-crystalline, closely spherical NPs. By decreasing dopant concentration, the particle size of the doped samples decreases. The single crystalline nature of the samples also proved by XRD patterns, and that exhibits the hexagonal wurtzite phase. Size–strain plot (SSP) method and the Scherrer formula were used to calculate lattice strain and crystallite size. The estimated difference between SSP and Scherrer methods is because SSP calculates the strain contribution on the peak broadening, but the Scherrer method cannot demonstrate this strain contribution.
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  • Receive Date 26 June 2022
  • Revise Date 18 July 2022
  • Accept Date 09 October 2022