Determination of the energy band-gap of the ceramic ZnO -xTiO₂ using photopyroelectric spectroscopy
Photopyroelectric (PPE) spectroscopy is a useful tool for examining optical properties in semiconductor materials. The ceramic (ZnO - xTiO₂) was sintered at 1270⁰C for 1 and 3 hours to investigate the variations of energy band-gap with respect to mol % of dopant TiO₂. The X-ray diffractrometry shows...
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| Language: | English |
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Malaysian Solid State Science and Technology Society
2008
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| Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13963/1/Determination%20of%20the%20energy%20band.pdf http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13963/ http://journal.masshp.net/volume-16-no-1-2008/ |
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| Summary: | Photopyroelectric (PPE) spectroscopy is a useful tool for examining optical properties in semiconductor materials. The ceramic (ZnO - xTiO₂) was sintered at 1270⁰C for 1 and 3 hours to investigate the variations of energy band-gap with respect to mol % of dopant TiO₂. The X-ray diffractrometry shows that the crystal structure of ZnO doped at low level remains to be of hexagonal type but has developed second phase, Zn₂TiO₄, at high level. Microstructure and compositional analysis of the selected areas are analyzed using SEM and EDAX. The maximum grain size obtained were 26.8, 52.4 µm at 0.4 mol % of TiO₂ for 1 and 3 hours sintering time, respectively. The band-gap determined from the photopyroelectric spectrum has the value of 2.82 ± 0.01 eV for samples sintered for 1 and 3 hours at the doping level of 0.4 mol % of TiO₂ and decreases with the increase of TiO₂. |
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