I synthesized ZnO CuO composite particles and obtained its EDX spectrum. from the EDX specrum Oxygen vacancies can be determined. if it is possible how. please help me. thank you?
Dear Ali, the EDX gives you the element of your component, I recommend that the XPS can give you the concentration of O vacancies. From XPS spectra , you can study the oxidation of your component then it is easy to calculate the vacancies ratio. Regards
Dear Ali...first of all you will get little excess of oxygen in EDX analysis, whether its contaminant or errors from the analysis...as many suggested you to do XPS, that will again give you of surface analysis (~10nm)...if your thickness in that range would be perfect...so now if you have data from XPS and EDX, compare the atomic ratio (Zn/O or Cu/O) for both...do some PL (photoluminescence) or CL (cathodoluminescence) study to know more about the film property...