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Enhancing crystal quality and optical properties of GaN nanocrystals by tuning pH of the synthesis solution

Enhancing crystal quality and optical properties of GaN nanocrystals by tuning pH of the... AbstractGallium nitride nanocrystals as a wide bandgap semiconductor material for optoelectronic applications can be synthesized using chemical methods. In this research using co-precipitation and nitridation processes gallium nitride nanocrystals have been synthesized, and by tuning pH of the synthesis solution at the co-precipitation step, crystal quality and optical property of the resultant gallium nitride nanocrystals have been enhanced. Gallium nitride nanocrystal samples were synthesized using solutions with pH values of 2.1, 4.8, 7.8, and 9.0, and then nitridation at 950 °C under the flow of ammonia gas. The synthesized nanocrystal samples were analyzed using X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) and photoluminescence techniques. The XRD data show that the nanocrystals have hexagonal wurtzite crystal structure, and using Scherer’s equation the sizes of the synthesized nanocrystals are 23.6, 26.6, 19.7, and 10.4 nm for the samples synthesized using the solutions with pH values of 2.1, 4.8, 7.8, and 9.0 respectively. The sizes of the nanocrystals obtained from SEM images are larger than the values obtained using Scherer’s equation, due to the aggregation of nanocrystals. EDX spectra show that pH of the synthesis solution affects the elemental stoichiometry of the gallium nitride nanocrystals. We obtained better stoichiometry for the nanocrystal sample synthesized using solution with the pH of 4.8. Photoluminescence spectra show that for this sample the emission intensity is higher than the others. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Zeitschrift für Naturforschung A de Gruyter

Enhancing crystal quality and optical properties of GaN nanocrystals by tuning pH of the synthesis solution

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de Gruyter
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0932-0784
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10.1515/zna-2019-0378
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AbstractGallium nitride nanocrystals as a wide bandgap semiconductor material for optoelectronic applications can be synthesized using chemical methods. In this research using co-precipitation and nitridation processes gallium nitride nanocrystals have been synthesized, and by tuning pH of the synthesis solution at the co-precipitation step, crystal quality and optical property of the resultant gallium nitride nanocrystals have been enhanced. Gallium nitride nanocrystal samples were synthesized using solutions with pH values of 2.1, 4.8, 7.8, and 9.0, and then nitridation at 950 °C under the flow of ammonia gas. The synthesized nanocrystal samples were analyzed using X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) and photoluminescence techniques. The XRD data show that the nanocrystals have hexagonal wurtzite crystal structure, and using Scherer’s equation the sizes of the synthesized nanocrystals are 23.6, 26.6, 19.7, and 10.4 nm for the samples synthesized using the solutions with pH values of 2.1, 4.8, 7.8, and 9.0 respectively. The sizes of the nanocrystals obtained from SEM images are larger than the values obtained using Scherer’s equation, due to the aggregation of nanocrystals. EDX spectra show that pH of the synthesis solution affects the elemental stoichiometry of the gallium nitride nanocrystals. We obtained better stoichiometry for the nanocrystal sample synthesized using solution with the pH of 4.8. Photoluminescence spectra show that for this sample the emission intensity is higher than the others.

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Zeitschrift für Naturforschung A – de Gruyter

Published: May 26, 2020

Keywords: co-precipitation; gallium nitride; nanocrystal; nanoparticle; nitridation; semiconductor

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