AbstractThis study aimed to improve the optical properties of reduced graphene oxide- and carbon
nanotubes-coated tellurite glass doped with erbium oxide nanoparticles denoted as
ZBTEr(NPs)-rGO and ZBTEr(NPs)-CNTs. Two sets of glass series were synthesized by
melt-quenched technique with chemical composition of (0.47(1-y))TeO2+(0.2(1-
y))B2O3+(0.29(1-y))+ZnO+Er2O3(y) wherein, y = 0.005, 0.01, 0.02, 0.03, 0.04, and 0.05
mol% Er2O3 nanoparticles. Tellurite-based glass was deposited with rGO and CNTs onto
the glass surfaces by spray-coated technique. The physical, morphological, structural, and
optical properties of ZBTEr(NPs)-rGO and ZBTEr(NPS)-CNTs glasses were characterized
via densimeter, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray (EDX),
transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transforminfrared
(FT-IR), micro-Raman spectroscopy, ultraviolet-visible (UV-Vis)
spectrophotometer, and photoluminescence. SEM micrographs revealed morpholog.....