Author(s)

Nguyen Van Nghia, Tran Nam Trung, Nguyen Ngoc Khoa Truong, Doan Minh Thuy

Department of Physics, Quy Nhon University, Quy Nhon, Vietnam.

ZnO was prepared by hydrothermal method. The result of scanning electron microscopy showed that the materials had nano rod structures. Ag-doped ZnO was prepared by UV-photoreduction. Crystalline phases and optical absorption of the prepared Ag-doped ZnO samples were determined by X-ray diffraction, Raman spectrum, UV-visible, and UV- photoreduction spectrophotometer. X-ray analyses revealed that Ag was doped ZnO crystallizes in hexagonal wurtzite structure. The incorporation of Ag⁺ in the site of Zn²⁺ provoked an increase in the size of nanocrystals as compared to pure ZnO. The photocatalytic and photoluminescence properties of materials were considered.

Nanostructures; Photocatalysis; Hydrothermal; ZnO; Silver Doping

N. Nghia, T. Trung, N. Truong and D. Thuy, "Preparation and Characterization of Silver Doped ZnO Nanostructures," Open Journal of Synthesis Theory and Applications, Vol. 1 No. 2, 2012, pp. 18-22. doi: 10.4236/ojsta.2012.12004.