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Abstract : pThis article reports systematic study of Silver doping on ZnO nanorods synthesized by a simple chemical precipitation method. The prepared samples were characterized for structural, morphological, constitutional, optical and dielectric analysis. The XRD spectra confirmed the hexagonal wurtzite phase of the synthesized samples. The lattice parameter variation revealed the formation of nano inclusions at the boundaries. This was reaffirmed using the peak profile analyses of all samples using W-H analysis. The morphological and compositional analysis was done using SEM amp; EDAX. The quenching of visible (green) observed from PL spectra along with doping is not being much reported is also been studied. FTIR data confirmed the formation of Ag doped ZnO nanorods by chemical composition analysis. The dielectric and ac conductivity modification studies as a function of frequency and composition was performed using LCR meter which also showed a clear influence of Ag doping. © 2018 Elsevier GmbH/p