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- Nonionic surfactant and tetraethoxysilane were used to create mesoporous silica with nanopores sized 1-6 nm.
- The mesoporous silica served as a template for synthesizing ZnO nanoparticles with a size of approximately 3.2 nm using zinc acetylacetonate.
- Analysis revealed that while the ZnO did not significantly alter the silica structure, quantum confinement effects were noted, and the ZnO’s band gap increased to 3.47 eV.
Article Abstract
Nonionic surfactant as liquid organic template and tetraethoxysilane as silica precursor were used for the synthesis of mesoporous silica with ordered arrangement of nanopores (diameters are about 1-6 nm). The synthesized mesoporous silica was used as the template for the synthesis of ZnO nanoparticles using zinc acetylacetonate as ZnO precursor. The as synthesized ZnO incorporated in the mesoporous silica nanocomposite were analyzed using X-ray diffraction, TEM and Photoluminescent spectrum. ZnO introduction has no extensive influence on the mesoporous structure of silica. Quantum confinement effects are observed in the case of ZnO nanoparticles embedded in mesoporous silica. The particle size of ZnO is about 3.2 nm. The band gap is broadening to 3.47 eV.
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