X-Ray Analysis by Williamson-Hall and Size-Strain Plot Methods of ZnO Nanoparticles with Fuel Variation

Yendrapati Taraka Prabhu, Kalagadda Venkateswara Rao, Vemula Sesha Sai Kumar, Bandla Siva Kumari

Botany Department, Andhra Loyola College, Vijayawada, India.
Centre for Nano Science and Technology, IST, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad, India.

DOI: 10.4236/wjnse.2014.41004                

Abstract

In this paper, a simple and facile surfactant assisted combustion synthesis is reported for the ZnO nanoparticles. The synthesis of ZnO-NPs has been done with the assistance of non-ionic surfactant TWEEN 80. The effect of fuel variations and comparative study of fuel urea and glycine have been studied by using characterization techniques like X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscope (TEM) and particle size analyzer. From XRD, it indicates the presence of hexagonal wurtzite structure for ZnO-NPs. Using X-ray broadening, crystallite sizes and lattice strain on the peak broadening of ZnO-NPs were studied by using Williamson-Hall (W-H) analysis and size-strain plot. Strain, stress and energy density parameters were calculated for the XRD peaks of all the samples using (UDM), uniform stress deformation model (USDM), uniform deformation energy density model (UDEDM) and by the size-strain plot method (SSP). The results of mean particle size showed an inter correlation with W-H analysis, SSP, particle analyzer and TEM results.

Keywords

Surfactant Assisted Combustion; X-Ray Diffraction (XRD); Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM); Particle Analyzer

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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