X-ray Peak Broadening Analysis and Optical Studies of ZnO Nanoparticles Derived bySurfactant Assisted Combustion Synthesis

In this paper, synthesis of ZnO nanoparticles is done by a simple and facile surfactant assisted combustion synthesis. The synthesis of ZnO nanoparticles has been prepared using Zinc nitrate as a precursor material, glycine as a fuel with the support of non-ionic surfactant TWEEN 80. The obtained ZnO nanoparticles have been studied using characterization techniques like X-ray diffraction (XRD), Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), and UV-Vis Spectroscopy. XRD results reveal that the sample is crystalline with a hexagonal wurtzite phase. X-ray peak broadening analysis was used to evaluate the crystallite sizes and lattice strain by the Williamson-Hall (W-H) analysis. Further appropriate physical parameters such as strain, stress, and energy density values were also calculated using W-H analysis with different models, viz, uniform deformation model, uniform deformation stress model and uniform deformation energy density model. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) result reveals that the ZnO nanoparticles sample is spherical in shape showing particle sizes less than 40 nm. The optical properties of ZnO nanoparticles were studied by UV-Vis spectroscopy.