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Ahmed Kadari, Salah Eddine Rezak, Kheira Kassi, and Mostapha Chehairi
Investigation of the Optical and Structural Properties of Cr3+-Doped Al2O3 and ZnAl2O4 Nanoparticles Synthesized by Sol–Gel Method
0331–0343 (2022)

PACS numbers: 61.05.cp, 78.30.Hv, 78.67.Bf, 81.05.Je, 81.07.Wx, 81.20.Fw, 81.40.Tv

Alumina (Al2O3) and spinel zinc aluminate (ZnAl2O4) nanoparticles were synthesized by a sol–gel method. Pure and chromium (Cr3+) doped Al2O3 and ZnAl2O4 were prepared and then characterized in order to study the influence of chromium doping (impurities) on the physical properties of these compounds. Obtained powders were calcined at 500°C. Optical and structural properties of as-prepared powders were investigated by UV-visible spectroscopy (UV-Vis), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) and powder x-ray diffraction (XRD). The band-gap energy values obtained from UV-visible characterization showed the insulator (Eg = 4.881 eV) and semi-conductor (Eg = 3.707 eV) characters of Al2O3 and ZnAl2O4, respectively. The incorporation of chromium atoms in ours synthesized matrix has been confirmed by the FT-IR spectroscopy; it is explained by the formation of Cr–O complex at 674 cm-1 in both materials. The XRD results have shown the crystallographic phases (cubic) of Al2O3 and ZnAl2O4 nanoparticles. The crystallite size was found to be in the range of 192.968 nm to 460.765 nm for Al2O3:Cr3+, and it was revealed to be constant (≈ 32 nm) for ZnAl2O4:Cr3+ matrix.

Key words: nanoparticles, Al2O3, ZnAl2O4, Cr doping, sol–gel method.

https://doi.org/10.15407/nnn.20.02.331

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