SYNTHESIS OF ZnO OXIDE NANO

PARTICLES BY SOL-GEL PROCESS

WORK PLAN :

• Introduction
• Objectives
• Experiemental Procedure
• Block Diagrams
• Characterization
• Results & Discussions
INTRODUCTION
• Zinc oxide is a unique material with a direct band
gap (3.37 eV) and a large exciton energy of 60
meV.
• Zinc Oxide usually appears as a white powder
nearly insoluble in water.
• There are several metal oxides nanoparticles
produced for various applications such as
copper oxide, nickel oxide and magnesium oxide.
• Among these metal oxides, ZnO nanoparticles
received increasing interest due to its
exceptional properties such as wide band gap of
3.37 eV and a large exciton binding energy of 60
meV.
• These properties make ZnO nanoparticles a
suitable candidate to be incorporated in dye-
sensitized solar cells, semiconductor and other
industrial applications.
• Various techniques have been developed to
produce ZnO nanoparticles such as sol-gel
method, direct precipitation method, and
combustion synthesis method.
Experiemental Procedure
• synthesis of Zno by using 1.zinc sulfate
2.sodium borohydride
• zinc oxide was prepared by stirring 1:2 ratio
aqueous solution of zinc sulphate and
sodium borohydride.which produce a clear
solution.
• Then it was heated in a microwave at 360w
which produce a white precipitate at after 2-3
minutes.
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• The precipitate was centrifuged,washed

with distilles water and crystallizesd with
methanol .
• Finally the precipitate was kept for drying
at 100 degrres for 3-4 hours
• Then go for characterization process.
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• Mgo nanoparticles have found fabulous

application diagnostics,microelectronics
biomolecular detection.
• Recently Mgo nanoparticles attracted a lot
of attention because of their use in a
variety of areas such as
cosmetic,biomedical,
energy environmental applications
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Experiemental Procedure :
Synthesis of MgO by using 1.MgCl2.6H2O
2.NH4OH
1M of MgCl2.6H2O solution was prepared in 100
ml of deionized water.(23 gms)
Then NH4OH was poured to the above the
solution at 100 c and the resulting mixture was
constantly stirred to at room temperature for 2hrs
by magnetic stirrer.
there after the solution kept for aging for 24 hrs.
• After the reaction the precipitates were
filtered and washed with deionized water.
• The fileter cake was dried in air at 100 c
for 4 hrs.
• Then finally we go for characterization
process.