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3370014 
Journal Article 
Synthesis, structural and optical properties of nanoparticles (Al, V) co-doped zinc oxide 
El Ghoul, J 
2016 
Yes 
Bulletin of Materials Science
ISSN: 0250-4707 
39 
1 
7-12 
WOS:000371265400002 
The synthesis by the sol-gel method, structural and optical properties of ZnO, Zn0.99Al0.01O (AlZ), Zn0.9V0.1O (VZ) and Zn0.89Al0.01V0.1O (AlVZ) nanoparticles was reported. The approach was slow release of water for hydrolysis by esterification reaction followed by a supercritical drying in ethyl alcohol. After thermal treatment at 500(a similar to)C in air, the obtained nanopowders were characterized by various techniques such as transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction and photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy. The structural properties showed that the ZnO nanoparticles with an average particle size of 25 nm exhibit hexagonal wurtzite structure. From the optical studies, it was found that the optical band gap was located between 2.97 and 3.17 eV. The obtained electrical properties showed the potential application of the samples in optoelectronic devices. The powder of AlVZ presented a strong luminescence band in the visible range. The PL band energy position presented a small blue shift with the increase of measurement temperature. Different possible attributions of this emission band will be discussed. 
Sol-gel process; (Al, V) co-doped ZnO nanoparticles; optoelectronic properties; luminescence