“…, sintered temperature at 750 °C shows corresponding AZO XRD peaks of ZrO 230.49 (111), 35.04 (200), 37.97 (012), 44.37 (112), 50.52 (220) (Sampurnam et al 2019) and less intense silver peak appeared at angle of 38.82 (111), matching with (JCPDS NO. 65-1022 and 04-0783) and 425 °C ZrO 2, Ag-ZrO 2 of angle assigned peak for monoclinic phase indicate 28.07 (110), 31.40 (111), 35.70 (− 102), 38.92 (120), 40.93 (− 211), 45.12 (202), 50.48 (220), 55.74 (031), 62.91 (− 312), 65.77 (320), 71.25 (− 322), 75.20 (041) (Pei et al 2013) while a very small amount of tetragonal phase appeared at angle of 29.56 (101), 34.27 (022), 49.29 (112), 60.03 (211) matching with monoclinic ZrO 2 (JCPDS No.…”