Research Article

Preparation of Cerium Orthophosphate Nanosphere by Coprecipitation Route and Its Structural, Thermal, Optical, and Electrical Characterization

Table 3

Presence of various functional groups along with their frequency bands.

Serial number Assignments of bands/peak IR bands (cm−1)

1 OH stretching 2885.51–2341.58
2 H–O–H bending 1635.64–1514.12
3 P–O stretching 1043.49
4 O=P–O bending 623.01
5 O–P–O bending mode of vibration 543.93
6 vibration 493.78–395.41