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Micro‐Raman investigation of transition‐metal‐doped ZnO nanoparticles
Author(s) -
SatoBerrú R. Y.,
VázquezOlmos A.,
FernándezOsorio A. L.,
SotresMartínez S.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of raman spectroscopy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.748
H-Index - 110
eISSN - 1097-4555
pISSN - 0377-0486
DOI - 10.1002/jrs.1658
Subject(s) - raman spectroscopy , dopant , doping , transition metal , nanoparticle , metal , materials science , analytical chemistry (journal) , zinc , nanotechnology , chemistry , metallurgy , catalysis , optics , optoelectronics , biochemistry , physics , chromatography
We measured the Raman spectra of ZnO nanoparticles (ZnO‐NPs), as well as transition‐metal‐doped (5% Mn(II), Fe(II) or Co(II)) ZnO nanoparticles, with an average size of 9 nm. A typical Raman peak at 436 cm −1 is observed in the ZnO‐NPs, whereas Zn 1− x Mn x O, Zn 1− x Fe x O and Zn 1− x Co x O presented characteristic peaks at 661, 665 and 675 cm −1 , respectively. These peaks can be related to the formation of Mn 3 O 4 , Fe 3 O 4 and Co 3 O 4 species in the doped ZnO‐NPs. Moreover, these samples were analyzed at various laser powers. Here, we observed new vibrational modes (512, 571 and 528 cm −1 ), which are specific to Mn, Fe and Co dopants, respectively, and ZnO‐NPs did not reveal any additional modes. The new peaks were interpreted either as disorder activated phonon modes or as local vibrations of Mn‐, Fe‐ and Co‐related complexes in ZnO. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.