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Hydrothermal synthesis of ZnAl2O4:Cr3+ nanocrystals

I. MIRON1,2, I. GROZESCU1,2,*

Affiliation

  1. ”Politehnica” University of Timisoara, 300006, Timisoara, Romania
  2. National Institute for Research and Development in Electrochemistry and Condensed Matter Timisoara, 300569, Romania

Abstract

Pink ZnAl2O4:Cr3+ pigment was prepared by hydrothermal synthesis and annealed at 1000ºC. The prepared sample was characterized by X-ray diffraction, atomic force microscopy and UV/VIS/NIR measurements. The results showed a single – spinel phase for ZnAl2O4:Cr3+ pigment. The average crystallite size was found to be around 31 nm. The optical absorbance spectrum exhibits two broad bands in the range 300 – 450 nm and 450 – 600 nm. These bands were associated with absorption transition of octahedral Cr3+ ions from the ground level 4A2 to the excited levels 4T1 and 4T2..

Keywords

Zinc Aluminate, Pigment, Chromium, Hydrothermal method.

Citation

I. MIRON, I. GROZESCU, Hydrothermal synthesis of ZnAl2O4:Cr3+ nanocrystals, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 6, 5-6, May-June 2012, pp.673-675 (2012).

Submitted at: April 21, 2012

Accepted at: June 6, 2012