Synthesis and Characterization of Ni and Cu Doped ZnO

Jyotsna Chauhan, Shrivastav N,

Abstract

In this work pure and transition elements (Ni and Cu) doped Zinc Oxide is prepared. All the samples were prepared through chemical co-precipitation method, by using sulfates of metallic precursors. We have doped pure ZnO with Ni and Cu by 3% by weight concentration. Further the structural, Crystallite size and band gap approximation studies were performed by utilizing X-ray diffraction and spectroscopic techniques respectively. X-ray diffraction (XRD) result indicates that the sample possess a crystalline Wurtzite single phase. Crystallite size is in 19-30 nm range. PL characterization gives optical band gap that is 2.65-3.0 2 eV. FTIR gives the molecular band present in the samples. UV-Vis shows red shift in peak wavelength.