Studies on physical and photocatalytic properties of SnO2 nanoparticles grown by coprecipitation method
摘要
Current study reports facile synthesis of tin oxide (SnO2) nanoparticles using co-precipitation method. These nanoparticles were further characterized for structural, optical, morphological and compositional studies by means of X-ray powder diffraction, UV-Visible spectroscopy, Scanning electron microscopy and Energy dispersive X-ray analysis techniques respectively. The structural analysis reveals tetragonal structure with particle size 16.75 nm. SnO2 nanoparticles exhibited rough, granular surface morphology possibly indicating porous structure. The absorption spectrum of SnO2 nanoparticles shows absorption band at 292.52 nm. The band gap energy (Eg) was estimated to 3.54 eV from Tauc plot. EDAX analysis confirms successful synthesis of SnO2 material. The photocatalytic properties of SnO2 nanoparticles were inspected for methylene blue dye under UV irradiation.