Table 1.
Crystallinity data and lattice parameters of ZnNxO1-x (x = 0, 0.005, 0.01, and 0.02) NPs.
| Composition | Average crystallite size (nm) |
Micro-strain, *10−4 | Percentage of crystallinity | Lattice parameter (Å) |
c/a | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W–H plot | Scherrer equation | a | c | ||||
| ZnO | 27.7 | 24.2 | 8.77 | 90.1 | 3.2510 | 5.2072 | 1.6017 |
| ZnN0·005O0.995 | 24.1 | 21.0 | 8.92 | 87.4 | 3.2511 | 5.2080 | 1.6019 |
| ZnN0·01O0.99 | 22.7 | 20.1 | 9.28 | 85.2 | 3.2510 | 5.2080 | 1.6020 |
| ZnN0·02O0.98 | 20.8 | 18.1 | 5.55 | 82.1 | 3.2490 | 5.2038 | 1.6017 |