Dependence of luminescent properties and crystal structure of Li-doped ZnO nanoparticles upon Li content

This study examines the effect of Li content on the luminescent and structural properties of LixZn1−xO nanoparticles by scanning electron microscopy, x-ray diffraction, photoluminescence (PL) and Raman scattering measurements. A dependence of luminescent properties and crystal structure upon Li content was found. The intensity of the band-edge luminescence of Li0.10Zn0.90O nanoparticles was nearly 10 times higher than that of the ZnO …