The Effect of Different Organic Gelating Agents on Grain Size of ZnO Nanoparticles

Abstract

In this work, solgel method was used in order to synthesize ZnO nanoparticles. Zn(CH3COO)2•2H2O was used to obtain ZnO precursor solution. To investigate the eect 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 diraction analysis was used for phase identication and grain size calculation. ZnO powders were characterized by using Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy.