A Review of the Synthesis and Photoluminescence Properties of Hybrid ZnO and Carbon Nanomaterials

Figure 2

PL spectra at 8 K from ZnO nanoparticles produced using zinc acetylacetonate hydrate (curve #01, type-A NPs) and zinc acetate (curve #02, type-B NPs) along with the reference spectrum of bulk ZnO (grey curve). Inset shows optical band edges of the corresponding nanoparticles estimated from the diffuse-reflectance spectra (DRS) at 300 K (reproduced with permission from [13]).