@article { ISI:000246042800003,
	title = {Synthesis and magnetic properties of Mn doped ZnO nanowires},
	journal = {Solid State Communications},
	volume = {142},
	number = {4},
	year = {2007},
	month = {APR},
	pages = {190-194},
	publisher = {PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD},
	type = {Article},
	address = {THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, ENGLAND},
	abstract = {<p>Mn doped ZnO nanowires have been synthesized using a simple autocombustion method. The as-synthesized Mn doped ZnO nanowires were characterized by X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy. An increase in the hexagonal lattice parameters of ZnO is observed on increasing the Mn concentration. Optical absorption studies show an increment in the band gap with increasing Mn content, and also give evidence for the presence of Mn2+ ions in tetrahedral sites. All Zn1-xMnxO (0 \&lt;= x \&lt;= 0.25) samples are paramagnetic at room temperature. However, a large increase in the magnetization is observed below 50 K. This behavior, along with the negative value of the Weiss constant obtained from the linear fit to the susceptibility data below room temperature, indicate ferrimagnetic behavior. The origin of ferrimagnetism is likely to be either the intrinsic characteristics of the Mn doped samples, or due to some spinel-type impurity phases present in the samples that could not be detected. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.</p>},
	keywords = {Combustion synthesis, diluted magnetic semiconductor, magnetic properties, Mn doped ZnO},
	issn = {0038-1098},
	doi = {10.1016/j.ssc.2007.02.017},
	author = {Deka, Sasanka and Joy, Pattayil Alias}
}
@article { ISI:000332999800006,
	title = {Photoelectrochemical splitting of water with nanocrystalline Zn1-xMnxO thin films: first-principle DFT computations supporting the systematic experimental endeavor},
	journal = {International Journal of Hydrogen Energy},
	volume = {39},
	number = {8},
	year = {2014},
	month = {MAR},
	pages = {3637-3648},
	publisher = {PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD},
	address = {THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, ENGLAND},
	abstract = {<p>Photoelectrochemical splitting of water with nanocrystalline Zn1-xMnxO thin films was investigated. ZnO thin films with 1, 3, 5 and 7\% at. Mn incorporation were synthesized by sol gel method and characterized by X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) analysis, Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM), X-ray Photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy (HR-TEM) and UV-Vis spectroscopy. Mn incorporation coupled with variation in sintering temperature led to significant microstructural changes, which tentatively influenced the magnitude of optical absorption and charge carrier mobility, thereby impacting the performance of such systems towards photoelectrochemical splitting of water. Electronic structure computations based on first principle density functional theory (DFT) revealed electronic states of Mn being responsible for the marginally recorded red shift in bandgap energy. Photoelectrochemical measurements using thin films of 1\% at. Mn:ZnO sintered at 600 degrees C yielded 3 times enhanced photocurrent at zero bias due to improved optical absorption. Plausible explanations for the effect have also been offered. Copyright (C) 2014, Hydrogen Energy Publications, LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.</p>},
	keywords = {Density functional theory, Hydrogen energy, Mn doped ZnO, Optical properties, Photoelectrochemical water splitting},
	issn = {0360-3199},
	doi = {10.1016/j.ijhydene.2013.12.150},
	author = {Sharma, Vidhika and Dixit, Mudit and Satsangi, Vibha R. and Dass, Sahab and Pal, Sourav and Shrivastav, Rohit}
}
