Wako, Ali HalakeDejene, F. B.Onani, M. O .Koao, L. F.Motloung, S. V.Yihunie, M. T.2016-09-262016-09-262015-08PhysicaB480(2016)63–67http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physb.2015.08.043http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/938TheauthorssendimmensegratitudetotheSouthAfrica'sNa- tionalResearchFoundation(NRF),theUniversityoftheFreeState physicsdepartmentandtheOrganizationfortheProhibitionof ChemicalWeapons(OPCW)forthe financialassistanceforthis study.The undopedandMn-dopedZnO(1 x)Sx nano-powders weresuccessfullysynthesizedbyprecipitation method withoutusinganycappingagent.Itsstructure,morphology,elementalanalysis,opticaland luminescence propertiesweredeterminedbyscanningelectronmicroscopy(SEM),energy-dispersive X-rayspectroscopy(EDS),UV–vis spectroscopy(UV)andphotoluminescencespectroscopy(PL).Atypical SEM imageoftheun-dopedZnO(1 x)Sx nanoparticles exhibit flake likestructuresthatchangestonearly spherical particleswithMn-doping.TheXRDofundopedandMndopedZnO(1 x)Sx patternrevealsthe formation ofaproductindexedtothehexagonalwurtzitephaseofZnS.Thenanopowdershavecrys- tallite sizesestimatedfromXRDmeasurementswereintherangeof10–20 nm.Allthesamplesshowed absorption maximumofZnO(1 x)Sx at 271nmandhightransmittanceinUVandvisibleregion,re- spectively.TheundopedZnO(1 x)Sx nanoparticles showstrongroom-temperaturephotoluminescence with fouremissionbandscenteringat338nm,384nm,448nmand705nmthatmayoriginatetothe impurity ofZnO(1 x)Sx, existenceofoxiderelateddefects.Thecalculatedbandgapofthenanocrystalline ZnO(1 x)Sx showedablue-shiftwithrespecttotheMn-doping.ThePLspectraoftheMn-dopedsamples exhibitastrongorangeemissionataround594nmattributedtothe 4T1–6A1 transitionoftheMn2þ ions.enZinc oxidePrecipitationDopingPhotoluminescenceNanomaterialsArticle