SYNTHESIS OF ZnO NANOPARTICLES AND VERIFICATION OF BEER LAMBERTS LAW

DIVYA SINGH , KRITIKA , Dr. MANSI DHINGRA , Dr. PARUL YADAV

Physics Department, Maitreyi College, New Delhi – 110016

Introduction Theory involved

A nanoparticle (or nanopowder or nanocluster or

nanocrystal) is a microscopic particle with at least one
dimension less than 100 nm.
Properties differ significantly compared with bulk
matter.
Relatively larger surface to volume ratio making them
more chemically reactive.
Wide band gap semiconductor-approximately of 3.3
electron volt. According to Beer Lambert’s Law, A α l and A α c
 Has ultraviolet filtering, catalytic and anti-bacterial ie A= € c l , where €=absorptivity of ZnO
properties. nanoparticles
c=sample concentration
Schematic of UV-visible spectroscopy l= path length
Also , A= - log 10 T , where T=transmittance
From Beer Lambert’s Law, we have € = A/(cxl)

XRD analysis of ZnO nano paticles

Synthesis of ZnO nanoparticles

Zn(CH3COO) 2.2H2O C2H5OH

Mixing Absrbance spectra

Mixing & Stirring

XRD results
 Obtained XRD pattern was well
Transparent Solution
matched to the pattern given in
JCPDS file
 Crystal structure of ZnO is
Heat Treatment hexagonal
 Average size of synthesized
Annealing 3000C, 1h
nanoparticles is 50nm with lattice
parameters a=3.14 Å and c=5.28 Å
Absorbance v/s concentration
ZnO
nanopowder Debye Scherrer formula Conclusions
ZnO nanoparticles

k 
were successfully
Reaction followed synthesised using sol-gel method ,it absorb UV

Dhkl 
radiation as its band gap corresponds to UV
region.

hkl  coshkl
Zn(CH3COO)2+ 2CH3CH2OH
Absorbtion spectra were recorded using
2Zn(OH)2+C3H7COO+ZnO+
spectrophotometer
H2O+CH3CH2CH2COO Beer lamberts’s law was studied and
experimentally verified
Absorbance v/S wavelength graph has a where Dhkl is the particle size perpendicular to the  For ZnO, XRD spectra has been recorded and
peak at a particular wavelength. normal line of (h k l) plane, k is a constant (0.9), βhkl the crystallite size was found to be approx 50 nm
• Thus,indicating that the particular is the full width at half maximum (FWHM) of the (h and lattice parameters a= 3.41Ǻ and c= 5.28 Ǻ.
wavelength(369nm) of light has been
k l) diffraction peak, Ɵhkl is the Bragg angle of (h k l)
absorbed. Acknowledgement
peak and λ is the wavelength of X-ray
E (in eV) = 1234
wavelength(in nm) We would like to acknowledge USIC (UV-Vis spectroscopy)
, NRF and IIT-D .

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