Fabrication, Structural Characterization and Optical Properties of the Flower-Like ZnO Nanowires

• Authors: L. Feng , A. Liu , Y. Ma , M. Liu , B. Man
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Multipod flower-like zinc oxide (ZnO) nanowires have been successfully synthesized on Si(111) substrates using a pulsed laser deposition prepared Zn film as "self-catalyst" by the simple thermal evaporation oxidation of the metallic zinc powder at 850°C without any other catalysts or additives. The pre-deposited Zn films by pulsed laser deposition on the substrates can promote the formation of the ZnO nuclei effectively. Also it can further advance the growth of the flower-like ZnO nanowires accordingly. X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscope, high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectrum, and photoluminescence were used to analyze the structure, morphology, composition and optical properties of the as-synthesized products. The results demonstrate that the nanowires were single crystalline with hexagonal wurzite structure, grown along the [0001] in the c-axis direction. Room temperature photoluminescence spectrum of the ZnO nanowires shows a nearband-edge ultraviolet emission (peak at ≈ 384 nm) and a deep-level green emission (peak at ≈ 513 nm). In addition, the growth mechanism of the flower-like ZnO nanowires is discussed in detail.

Keywords

EN

81.07.Bc; 81.05.Dz; 81.10.Aj

Discipline

• 81.05.Dz: II-VI semiconductors
• 81.07.Bc: Nanocrystalline materials
• 81.10.Aj: Theory and models of crystal growth; physics and chemistry of crystal growth, crystal morphology, and orientation(see also 61.50.Nw Crystal stoichiometry)

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 117
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 512-517

Dates

published

2010-03

received

2010-01-10

(unknown)

2010-03-05

Contributors

author

L. Feng

• College of Physics and Electronics, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, P.R. China

author

A. Liu

• College of Physics and Electronics, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, P.R. China

author

Y. Ma

• College of Physics and Electronics, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, P.R. China

author

M. Liu

• College of Physics and Electronics, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, P.R. China

author

B. Man

• College of Physics and Electronics, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, P.R. China

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.117.512