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Gel combustion synthesis of transition metal ions doped Zn2SiO4 powder

S. R. LUKIĆ1, D. M. PETROVIĆ1, LJ. ĐAČANIN1, M. MARINOVIĆ-CINCOVIĆ2, Ž. ANTIĆ2, R. KRSMANOVIĆ2, M. D. DRAMIĆANIN2,*

Affiliation

  1. Department of physics, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 4, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
  2. Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences, PO Box 522, 11001 Belgrade, Serbia

Abstract

We present here the synthesis procedure for obtaining Zn2SiO4:M2+ (M = Mn, Ni, Co) powder based on the combination of sol-gel and combustion methods. Combustion is performed both in a conventional furnace and in a microwave oven in order to evaluate the influence of combustion conditions on the properties of synthesized material. X-ray diffraction analysis confirmed that obtained material has crystallized in rhombohedral structure of Zn2SiO4 (willemite) with traces of ZnO. The effects of combustion conditions are investigated further by means of thermogravimetric analysis, differential thermal analysis, infrared spectroscopy, diffuse reflectance optical spectroscopy and photoluminescence spectroscopy. Based on these results we could conclude that microwave combustion synthesis can be successfully applied for Zn2SiO4-based products..

Keywords

Materials, Experimental methods, Zn2SiO4power, Optical properties, Ultraviolet spectroscopy, Gel combustion synthesis.

Submitted at: April 1, 2008
Accepted at: Oct. 7, 2008

Citation

S. R. LUKIĆ, D. M. PETROVIĆ, LJ. ĐAČANIN, M. MARINOVIĆ-CINCOVIĆ, Ž. ANTIĆ, R. KRSMANOVIĆ, M. D. DRAMIĆANIN, Gel combustion synthesis of transition metal ions doped Zn2SiO4 powder, Journal of Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials Vol. 10, Iss. 10, pp. 2748-2752 (2008)