Preparation and Characterization of NiO Nanoparticles

Abstract:

NiO nanoparticles are successfully prepared by sol-gel technique. A systematic change in preparation parameters like calcination temperature, calcination time and pH value has been done in order to study the influence on crystallite size. The prepared samples are characterized by X-ray diffractometer, Transmission electron microscopy, Energy dispersive x-rays analysis and Raman spectroscopy. It is shown that crystallite size mainly depends on the calcination temperature rather than pH value or calcination time.

• Periodical: Journal of Nano Research (Volume 31)
• Pages: 93-102
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/JNanoR.31.93
• Online since: April 2015
• Authors: Farrakh Shahzad*, Karl Ettinger, Ilse Letofsky-Papst, Julia Weber, Peter Knoll
• Keywords: Energy Dispersive X-Rays Analysis, Nio Nanoparticles, Raman Spectroscopy, Rietveld Refinement, Sol-Gel Technique, Transmission Electron Microscopy, X-Ray Diffraction

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