• Varsha Joshi
• Pratibha Rao
• S Dheke
• Sharmila Chaudhari

The thrust to develop eco-friendly procedures for the production of nanoparticles arises from the adverse environmental conditions. Keeping the possible consequences in mind manganese dioxide (MnO2) and Ag doped MnO2 nanoparticles were synthesized by co-precipitation method. Manganese dioxide nanostructures are of considerable importance in technological applications due to their excellent electrochemical properties, low cost, environment friendly nature and ease of preparation. Co-precipitation method is an easy method of synthesis of nanoparticles. This method can produces fine, stoichiometry particles of single and multicomponent metal oxides. The structural characterization was carried out using Powder X-ray Diffraction (XRD) method and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). SEM images showed that the particles are irregular in shape with varying sizes. Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (EDAX) analysis confirms the presence of manganese, oxygen and iron. The size of MnO2 and Ag doped MnO2 nanoparticles was calculated using x-ray diffraction method. The average particle size of MnO2 nanoparticles was 12 nm and for Ag doped nanoparticles was 8 nm.

Ag doped MnO2 nanoparticles, co-precipitation method, x-ray diffraction, SEM, EDAX

"Synthesis and Structural Properties of Doped and Un-doped MnO2 Nanoparticles for its Use in Percussion Instruments", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no.69-75, May - 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRCP06012.pdf

"Synthesis and Structural Properties of Doped and Un-doped MnO2 Nanoparticles for its Use in Percussion Instruments", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no. pp69-75, May - 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRCP06012.pdf