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Temperature Dependence Anomalous Dielectric Relaxation In Co Doped Zno Nanoparticles, Sajid Ali Ansari

Sajid Ali Ansari

We have reported temperature and frequency dependence of dielectric behaviour of nanocrystalline Zn1-xCoxO (x = 0.0, 0.01, 0.05 and 0.1) samples prepared by gel-combustion method. The synthesized samples were examined by x-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and LCR-meter, respectively. The XRD analysis reveals that ZnO has a hexagonal (wurtzite) crystal structure. The morphology and size of the nanoparticles (∼10-25 nm) were observed by SEM for 5% Co doped ZnO sample. In dielectric properties, complex permittivity (ɛ* = ɛ’-jɛ”), loss tangent (tanδ) and ac conductivity (σac) in the frequency range 75 kHz - 5 MHz were analyzed with temperature …