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CHEM01200604004 Shri Sanyasinaidu Boddu - Homi Bhabha ...

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Fig.43. (a and b) AFM images showing the nanorods of Sb 2 O 3 at two representative regions<br />

of the sample. TEM and SAED images for the nanorods along with that of bulk<br />

sample are shown in (c)–(f), respectively.<br />

3.7 Effect of morphology on the luminescence of Sb 2 O 3 : Figure 44 (a and b) shows the<br />

emission spectra from Sb 2 O 3 nanorods and bulk material as a function of temperature (in the<br />

range ~ 77–300 K). Line shapes corresponding to the emission spectrum from both nanorods<br />

and bulk materials remained same at all the temperatures. A broad emission at ~ 390 nm has<br />

been observed for Sb 2 O 3 nanorods and bulk materials at all the temperatures. Considering the<br />

band gap energy values of Sb 2 O 3 (~ 3.3 eV) [64] and based on previous Sb 3+ luminescence<br />

studies [163, 64], the peak around 390 nm has been attributed to the near band edge emission<br />

arising form Sb 2 O 3 . However for nanorods in addition to the band edge emission around 390<br />

nm, an additional broad peak which appears as a doublet with peak maxima around 545 and<br />

592 nm is also observed. These two peaks have significant intensity in the case of nanorods<br />

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