Direct thermal oxidation of Zn metal foils

Authors

Melvin John Empizo ⋅ PH National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman
Roland Sarmago ⋅ PH National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman

Abstract

The direct thermal oxidation of Zn metal foils was successfully conducted in ambient air below the melting point of Zn. The oxidized Zn foils have an XRD peak corresponding to the (101) reflection of hexagonal wurtzite ZnO. SEM images reveal that needle-like structures start to emerge at an oxidizing temperature of 350 °C. Raman spectroscopy further confirms the synthesis of ZnO with characteristic modes at 238, 454 and 560 cm^-1. This present work demonstrates the promise of a simple, economical, low temperature and catalyst-free preparation of ZnO by direct thermal oxidation.

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Issue

2011: Proceedings of the 29th Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas National Physics Congress

Article ID

SPP2011-PB-19

Section

Poster Session PB

Published

2011-10-24

How to Cite

[1]

MJ Empizo and R Sarmago, Direct thermal oxidation of Zn metal foils, Proceedings of the Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas 29, SPP2011-PB-19 (2011). URL: https://proceedings.spp-online.org/article/view/SPP2011-PB-19.