European Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Association

Journal of Nanomaterials & Molecular Nanotechnology

Synthesis and Characterization of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles by Sol Gel Method

Abstract

Author(s): Monis Bin Abid, Aisha Shamim, Tariq Mahmood, Jahangeer Khan, Zaheer Ahmad

The under-consideration study focuses on synthesis and characterization of Zinc Oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles. Nanosized zinc oxide powder was successfully synthesized using a simple and low cast sol-gel method. This method is environment friendly requiring no expensive chemicals and is time saving. The sol-gel method was accompanied by the formation of precipitates which were dried and calcined at 550? to get zinc oxide nanoparticles. The synthesized nanopowder was characterized by X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDX)