Synthesis and Characterization of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles by Sol Gel Method

The under-consideration study focuses on synthesis and characterization of Zinc Oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles. Nanosized zinc oxide powder was successfully synthesized using a simple and low cast sol-gel method. This method is environment friendly requiring no expensive chemicals and is time saving. The sol-gel method was accompanied by the formation of precipitates which were dried and calcined at 550? to get zinc oxide nanoparticles. The synthesized nanopowder was characterized by X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDX)