Işık, MehmetDelice, S.Isik, M.Gasanly, N. M.Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering2024-07-052024-07-052019130167-577X1873-497910.1016/j.matlet.2019.02.1232-s2.0-85062208913https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2019.02.123https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14411/3374Gasanly, Nizami/0000-0002-3199-6686; Gasanly, Nizami/0000-0002-3199-6686; Delice, Serdar/0000-0001-5409-6528;The distribution of shallow traps within the sol-gel synthesized ZnO nanoparticles was investigated using thermoluminescence (TL) experiments in the 10-300 K temperature range. TL measurements presented two overlapped peaks around 110 and 155 K. The experimental technique based on radiating the nanoparticles at different temperatures (T-exc.) between 60 and 125 K was carried out to understand the trap distribution characteristics of peaks. It was observed that peak maximum temperature shifted to higher values and activation energy (E-t) increased as irradiating temperature was increased. The E-t vs. T-exc. presented that ZnO nanoparticles have quasi-continuously distributed traps possessing activation energies increasing from 80 to 171 meV. (C) 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessNanoparticlesDefectsLuminescenceArticleQ2Q2245103105WOS:000462025900026