Optical Properties of Silica Borotellurite Glass Doped with Manganese Oxide

Abstract

Silica borotellurite glasses doped with manganese oxide with chemical formula {[(TeO2)0.7(B2O3)0.3­]0.8[SiO2]0.2}1-x{MnO2}x (where x = 0.0, 0.01, 0.02, 0.03, 0.04 and 0.05 molar fraction) were fabricated. Silica were extracted from the burning process of rice husk. Glass samples were prepared by using the melt-quenching technique. The FTIR spectra showed that the addition of MnO₂ contributed to the transformation of TeO4 to TeO3. The diffraction pattern of XRD showed a broad hump which indicates the amorphous nature of the samples. The result for both optical band gap and Urbach energy showed decreasing trend as the concentration of manganese increased.