Nanotechnology Research and Practice

98-105

Authors: K. Sujatha, T. Seethalakshmi, O.L. Shanmugasundaram

Pure SnO2 nano powders were synthesized by co-precipitation method. The structure, surface, optical, and functional groups were analyzed by X-ray diffraction, FESEM, UV-Vis spectroscopy, FTIR and fluorescence spectra, respectively. The results were compared with pure tin oxide nanoparticle. X-ray analysis shows that the obtained power has tetragonal rutile structure with average crystallite size of 34 nm. Band gap is observed from UV-Vis spectroscopy. Fluorescence spectrum of pure sample detected a strong emission peaks at 634nm due to surface defect and oxygen vacancies in SnO2 nanoparticles.