The Effect of Different Organic Gelating Agents on Grain Size of ZnO Nanoparticles
Ş. Karaala, H. Kösea, A.O. Aydina and H. Akbulutb
aDepartment of Chemistry, Arts and Sciences Faculty, Sakarya University, 54187, Sakarya, Turkey
bDepartment of Metallurgy and Material Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Sakarya University, 54187, Sakarya, Turkey
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In this work, sol-gel method was used in order to synthesize ZnO nanoparticles. Zn(CH3COO)2 ·2H2O was used to obtain ZnO precursor solution. To investigate the effect of organic gelating agents on grain size, various organic gelating agents such as triethanolamine (TEA), glycerin (GLY), ethylene glycol (EG), citric acid (CA) and tartaric acid (TA) were used. X-ray diffraction analysis was used for phase identification and grain size calculation. ZnO powders were characterized by using Fourier-transform: infrared spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy.

DOI: 10.12693/APhysPolA.125.338
PACS numbers: 81.20.Fw, 81.07.Bc