Journal
MATERIALS CHARACTERIZATION
Volume 60, Issue 12, Pages 1578-1582Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.matchar.2009.09.009
Keywords
Indium oxide nano-cube like aggregates; Photoluminescence; Vacancy induced emission
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Visible light emitting indium oxide nanoparticles were synthesized by precipitation method. Sodium hydroxide dissolved in ethanol was used as a precipitating agent to obtain indium, hydroxide precipitates. Precipitates, thus formed were calcined at 600 degrees C for 1 h to obtain indium oxide nanoparticles. The structure of the particles as determined from the X-Ray diffraction pattern was found to be body centered cubic. The phase transformation of the prepared nanoparticles was analyzed using thermogravimetry. Surface morphology of the prepared nanoparticles was analyzed using high resolution-scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy. The results of the analysis show cube-like aggregates of size around 50 nm. It was found that the nanoparticles have a strong emission at 427 nm and a weak emission at 530 nm. These emissions were due to the presence of singly ionized oxygen vacancies and the nature of the defect was confirmed through Electron paramagnetic resonance analysis. (C) 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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