Study of the influence of the type of the alcohol environment on the structure of nanoscale zinc oxide

Abstract

This paper is devoted to studying the influence of the reaction medium on the morphology and the structure of nanoscale zinc oxide. In this work, nanoscale ZnO was obtained by the sol-gel method in alcohol environments. Ethanol, propanol, butanol and isopropanol were used as solvents. Phase composition of the obtained samples of nanoscale zinc oxide was studied by the method of x-ray-phase analysis. To define the morphology of the obtained ZnO particles, samples were examined with the use of scanning electron microscopy. Next, the obtained samples were studies by the method of IR spectroscopy for determining their composition. By the results of the research, a conclusion was made that the solvent has significant influence on the shape of the obtained ZnO nanoparticles and on their phase composition