V. Elakkiya, R. Abhishekram, S. Sumathi. Copper doped nickel aluminate: Synthesis, characterisation, optical and colour properties[J]. Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2019, 27(10): 2596-2605.
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V. Elakkiya, R. Abhishekram, S. Sumathi. Copper doped nickel aluminate: Synthesis, characterisation, optical and colour properties[J]. Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2019, 27(10): 2596-2605.DOI: 10.1016/j.cjche.2019.01.008.
Copper doped nickel aluminate: Synthesis, characterisation, optical and colour properties
Novel environment friendly inorganic nano green pigments
Ni
1-
x
Cu
x
Al
2
O
4
(
x
=0
0.02
0.04
0.06
0.08
0.1) were successfully synthesised by simple
cost effective sol-gel method using citric acid as a gelling agent. Synthesised nano pigments were characterised by powder XRD
FT-IR
UV-DRS
SEM-EDX and TEM. Distribution of elements such as Ni
Cu
Al and O for the pigment Ni
0.98
Cu
0.02
Al
2
O
4
was authenticated by elemental mapping analysis. The colour parameters were studied using CIE-LAB parameters. It is evident from the DRS measurement that the band gap energy of NiAl
2
O
4
(3.11 eV) has been massively diminished to 2.63 eV when
x
=0.02
unexpectedly changed the colour of the pigment from cyan to green. Whilst
x
=0.1 the pigment colour has turned into grey and the corresponding band gap condensed into 2.17 eV. Effect of mineralisers like NaF
CaF
2
NH
4
H
2
PO
4
and Li
2
CO
3
on the colour of Ni
0.98
Cu
0.02
Al
2
O
4
was investigated.
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