1. Synthesis and Fabrication of Co1-xNixCr2O4 Chromate Nanoparticles and the Effect of Ni Concentration on Their Bandgap, Structure, and Optical Properties.
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Saeed, Muhammad, Rani, Malika, Batool, Kiran, Batool, Hafiza, Younus, Aisha, Azam, Sikander, Mehmood, Arshad, Haq, Bakhtiarul, Alshahrani, Thamraa, Ali, Ghafar, and Maqbool, Muhammad
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FABRICATION (Manufacturing) ,CHROMATES ,NANOPARTICLES ,OPTICAL properties ,X-ray diffraction ,SOL-gel processes - Abstract
In the present work, cobalt-chromite-based pigment Co
1-x Nix Cr2 O4 chromate powder and nanoparticles with various transition metal concentrations (x = 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, and 0.8) were manufactured by applying aqueous synthesis approaches and sol-gel synthesis routes. XRD analysis of the powder shows that all samples formulated by the sol-gel method were crystalline with a spinel structure. Chromites show green color with a higher nickel concentration, while Co-substituent shows blackish pigments. Samples were annealed at distinct temperatures ranging from 600 °C to 750 °C. The nanoparticles obtained were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Raman spectroscopy (RS), photoluminescence (PL), and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS). The particle size of the parent compound (CoCr2 O4 ) ranges from 100 nm to 500 nm, as measured by SEM. The tendency of particles to form aggregates with increasing annealing temperature was observed. These compounds may be successfully used as an effective doped nickel-cobalt ceramic pigment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2021
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