STUDYING THE STRUCTURAL AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF ZNO NANOPARTICLES PREPARED BY SONOCHEMICAL METHOD

Authors

L. Alsaba, Physics depart, faculty of science, al azhar universityFollow
M. Ashoush, Faculty of Science, Al- Azher University, Cairo, Egypt.
A. Abdelghany, National Institute of Standards, Tersa st, Giza, Egypt.
S. Elsayed, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Girls Branch, Cairo, Egypt
A. Eid, National Institute of Standards, Tersa st, Giza, Egypt.

Corresponding Author

Alsaba, L.

Document Type

Original Article

Subject Areas

Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Physics and Astronomy

Keywords

ZnO nanoparticles; Sonochemical method; Sonication time; Particle size; Optical properties

Abstract

In this study ZnO nanoparticles have been prepared by sonochemical method (also known as sonochemitry). The aim of using this method is the simplicity of obtaining nanoparticles in small times and without using any heating to initiate the chemical reaction. Different with other traditional chemical methods, the sonochemical method is based on acoustic cavitations. The formation, growth and collapse of bubbles in the liquid were generating localized hot spots with very high temperatures of 5000–25,000 K. These temperatures are enough to initiate the chemical reaction. ZnO nanoparticles with sizes in the range (28- 24 nm) are obtained by changing the time of sonication, the time period in which the suspension was exposed to Ultrasound waves. The optical band gap which obtained from UV measurements was found to be about 3.1 eV for all samples and the characteristic band gap of ZnO was at around 560 cm-1.

How to Cite This Article

Alsaba, L.; Ashoush, M.; Abdelghany, A.; Elsayed, S.; and Eid, A. (2019) "STUDYING THE STRUCTURAL AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF ZNO NANOPARTICLES PREPARED BY SONOCHEMICAL METHOD," Al-Azhar Bulletin of Science: Vol. 30: Iss. 2, Article 9.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21608/absb.2019.86746