Structural, Optical, and Electronic Characterization of Fe-Doped Alumina Nanoparticles
Heiba, zein Elabidin; Mohamed, Mohamed Bakr; Wahba, Adel Maher; Imam, N. G.;
Abstract
The effects of iron doping on the structural, optical, and electronic properties of doped alumina have been studied. Single-phase iron-doped alumina Al2−xFexO3 (x = 0.00 to 0.30) nanoparticles were synthesized via citrate-precursor method. Formation of single-phase hexagonal corundum structure with no other separate phases was demonstrated by x-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy. The effects of iron doping on the α-Al2O3 structural parameters, viz. atomic coordinates, lattice parameters, crystallite size, and microstrain, were estimated from XRD data by applying the Rietveld profile fitting method. Transmission electron microscopy further confirmed the nanosize nature of the prepared samples with size ranging from 12 nm to 83 nm. The electronic band structure was investigated using density functional theory calculations to explain the decrease in the energy gap of Al2−xFexO3 as the amount of Fe was increased. The colored emission peaks in the visible region (blue, red, violet) of the electromagnetic spectrum obtained for the Fe-doped α-Al2O3 nanoparticles suggest their potential application as ceramic nanopigments.
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Title | Structural, Optical, and Electronic Characterization of Fe-Doped Alumina Nanoparticles | Authors | Heiba, zein Elabidin ; Mohamed, Mohamed Bakr; Wahba, Adel Maher; Imam, N. G. | Keywords | Al O 2;electronic properties;optical properties;structure | Issue Date | 1-Jan-2018 | Journal | Journal of Electronic Materials | Volume | 47 | Start page | 711 | End page | 720 | ISSN | 03615235 | DOI | 10.1007/s11664-017-5830-0 | Scopus ID | 2-s2.0-85031944273 |
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