ZnO nanostructures for optoelectronics: Material properties and device applications

AB Djurišić, AMC Ng, XY Chen - Progress in quantum electronics, 2010 - Elsevier
In recent years, there has been increasing interest in ZnO nanostructures due to their variety
of morphologies and availability of simple and low cost processing. While there are still …

A Review of Recent Progress on Nano MnO2: Synthesis, Surface Modification and Applications

A Baral, L Satish, G Zhang, S Ju, MK Ghosh - Journal of Inorganic and …, 2021 - Springer
This review highlights the synthesis, structure modification, morphology, and properties of
nano manganese dioxide (MnO 2). Though MnO 2 has been widely employed for electrode …

Photocatalytic degradation of organic dyes with manganese-doped ZnO nanoparticles

R Ullah, J Dutta - Journal of Hazardous materials, 2008 - Elsevier
Manganese-doped and undoped ZnO photocatalysts were synthesized via wet-chemical
techniques. Doping of ZnO with manganese (Mn2+) was intended to create tail states within …

Electrical conductivity and optical properties of ZnO nanostructured thin film

M Caglar, S Ilican, Y Caglar, F Yakuphanoglu - Applied surface science, 2009 - Elsevier
The electrical conductivity, structural and optical properties of ZnO nanostructured
semiconductor thin film prepared by sol–gel spin coating method have been investigated …

Increase of Mn solubility with decreasing grain size in ZnO

B Straumal, B Baretzky, A Mazilkin, S Protasova… - Journal of the European …, 2009 - Elsevier
Nanograined (grain size 20nm) ZnO films with various Mn content (from 0 to 47at%) were
synthesized by the novel wet chemistry method. The solubility limit for Mn was determined at …

Enhanced photoelectrochemical activity of Ce doped ZnO nanocomposite thin films under visible light

M Yousefi, M Amiri, R Azimirad, AZ Moshfegh - Journal of Electroanalytical …, 2011 - Elsevier
Ce-doped ZnO and pure ZnO nanocomposite thin films with different Ce/Zn ratios (0, 2, 5,
10, 15, 20, and 30at.%) have been prepared by sol–gel method at optimum annealing …

Nanoflower‐like yttrium‐doped ZnO photocatalyst for the degradation of methylene blue dye

H Parangusan, D Ponnamma… - Photochemistry and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Pure ZnO and Yttrium‐doped (Y‐doped) ZnO at various mol% with flower‐like
nanostructures are synthesized by a microwave‐assisted sol–gel method, followed by …

Preparation of semiconductor ZnO powders by sol–gel method: Humidity sensors

T Ates, C Tatar, F Yakuphanoglu - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2013 - Elsevier
Undoped and Sn-doped ZnO nanopowder samples were prepared by the sol–gel method.
The crystalline structure and surface morphology of the samples were analyzed by X-ray …

Nanostructure and optical properties of M doped ZnO (M= Ni, Mn) thin films prepared by sol–gel process

X Yan, D Hu, H Li, L Li, X Chong, Y Wang - Physica B: Condensed Matter, 2011 - Elsevier
The transparent thin films of undoped, Mn-doped, and Ni-doped zinc oxide (ZnO) have been
deposited on glass substrates via sol–gel technique using zinc acetate dehydrate, nickel …

Thickness effect on the properties of Mn-doped ZnO thin films synthesis by sol-gel and comparison to first-principles calculations

A Boukhari, B Deghfel, A Mahroug, R Amari… - Ceramics …, 2021 - Elsevier
The current study investigates the effect of thickness on the structural, morphological,
electronic, and optical properties of pure zinc oxide (ZnO) and 7% Mn-doped ZnO thin films …