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Structural and Electrical Characterization of Ba/ZnO Nanoparticles Fabricated by Co-precipitation

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Ba-doped ZnO nanostructures (0.8–4 mmol) were successfully fabricated by the co-precipitation method. X-ray diffraction analysis indicated that all samples exhibited a typical hexagonal wurtzite ZnO structure with the emergence of BaO phase. Moreover, the incorporation of Ba resulted in an increase of crystallite size and lattice parameter while microstrain decreases. The broadening of the Zn–O vibrational band and the redshift in Raman vibrational modes provided clear evidence of the incorporation of Ba within ZnO host lattice. Furthermore, Ba doping prompted an increase of the dielectric constant and ac conductivity (σac). Additionally, the subsequent decrease in tangent loss with increasing the applied field frequency was associated with the hopping frequency of electron that enhances the charge carriers’ mobility.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, College of Science and Arts at Al-Rass, Qassim University, P.O. 53, Buraydah, Saudi Arabia

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  2. Department of Chemistry, College of Sciences, Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU), Riyadh, 11623, Saudi Arabia

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Modwi, A., Taha, K.K., Khezami, L. et al. Structural and Electrical Characterization of Ba/ZnO Nanoparticles Fabricated by Co-precipitation. J Inorg Organomet Polym 30, 2633–2644 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10904-019-01425-4

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