Optical properties of bismuth oxide nanoparticles synthesized by pulsed laser ablation in liquids

M. A. Gondal*, Tawfik A. Saleh, Q. Drmosh

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Abstract

Bismuth oxide (Bi 2O 3) nanostructured particles were synthesized by pulsed laser ablation (PLA) technique by irradiating solid bismuth target in 3% H 2O 2 solution using 355 nm laser radiations generated by third harmonic Nd:YAG laser. Synthesized nanoparticles (NPs) were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (FESEM), UV-visible absorption, Fourier transform Infra-Red (FTIR) and Raman spectroscopy. The XRD pattern of the prepared sample was indexed as bismuth oxide α-Bi 2 O 3 and particle size was evaluated = 4 nm. The UV-visible spectrum indicated that the absorption edge is blue shifted and the band gap of the prepared sample was estimated = 3.8 eV. The Raman spectrum exhibited peaks at 68, 96, 135, 315, 183, and 470 nm which are the characteristic bands of α-Bi 2O 3. The FTIR spectrum showed the absorption band at 829 cm -1 which is attributed to Bi-O-Bi bond, and the strong absorption band recorded at 442 cm -1 is due to the stretching mode of Bi-O.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)507-510
Number of pages4
JournalScience of Advanced Materials
Volume4
Issue number3-4
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2012

Keywords

  • Bismuth oxide
  • Nanoparticles
  • Nanotechnolgy
  • Optical properties
  • Pulsed laser ablation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Materials Science

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