Affiliation:
1. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland%SR92-01.21
2. Polish Academy of Science, Warsaw, Poland%SR92-01.27
Abstract
This study presents a comparative approach to investigate the potentials of two innovative methods for the synthesis of ZnO and Al-doped ZnO. The first method is a precipitation system working in mild hydrothermal conditions (90?C) using a tubular reactor (Segmented Flow Tubular Reactor, SFTR). The second method is a microwave-assisted hydrothermal process working at 250?C - 38 atmospheres. Nanocrystalline ZnO with a high specific surface area (49-68 m2/g) was obtained with both systems. Smaller equiaxed particles (50-70 nm) were obtained with the SFTR, with an excellent homogeneity in size and morphology, which was attributed to an excellent control of the process parameters (mixing, temperature, volume of reaction). A higher luminescence signal was measured on these samples. The microwave method leads to particles with a higher crystallinity due to the temperature of the reaction. A significant effect of the aluminum was observed, which reduces the crystal growth to produce equiaxed morphologies. This effect was enhanced by adding poly(acrylic) acid (PAA).
Publisher
National Library of Serbia
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