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Enhanced visible emission from vertically aligned ZnO nanostructures by aqueous chemical growth process.

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Title: Enhanced visible emission from vertically aligned ZnO nanostructures by aqueous chemical growth process.
Authors: Amiruddin, R.1 amirphy9@yahoo.com, Kumar, M. C. Santhosh1 santhoshmc@nitt.edu
Source: Journal of Luminescence. Nov2014, Vol. 155, p149-155. 7p.
Subjects: Zinc oxide, Aqueous solutions, Nanostructures, Pyrolysis, Crystal orientation, Wurtzite
Abstract: ZnO nanostructures consisting of nanowires and nanorods have been grown by aqueous chemical growth (ACG) process on the ZnO seed layers. ACG process has been carried out for 5 h and 15 h to obtain the one dimensional nanostructures. This ZnO nanostructure comprises mixture of vertically aligned nanorods and nanowires. Structural analysis reveals that the crystal orientation is along (002) plane exhibiting a hexagonal wurtzite structure. The crystallinity of ZnO nanostructures increases after aqueous chemical treatment with respect to the growth duration. Optical studies revealed that when the duration of aqueous chemical treatment is increased, the transmittance of the films decreases considerably. The as-deposited ZnO seed layers exhibit electron carrier concentration of 4.69 x 1014 cm-3 and the value increases to 9.44 x 1015 cm-3 after 5 h and 1.53 x 1016 cm-3 after 15 h of aqueous chemical treatment. It has been observed that ZnO nanostructures exhibit enhanced luminescence properties in visible region which covers the entire visible region of the spectrum. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Abstract:ZnO nanostructures consisting of nanowires and nanorods have been grown by aqueous chemical growth (ACG) process on the ZnO seed layers. ACG process has been carried out for 5 h and 15 h to obtain the one dimensional nanostructures. This ZnO nanostructure comprises mixture of vertically aligned nanorods and nanowires. Structural analysis reveals that the crystal orientation is along (002) plane exhibiting a hexagonal wurtzite structure. The crystallinity of ZnO nanostructures increases after aqueous chemical treatment with respect to the growth duration. Optical studies revealed that when the duration of aqueous chemical treatment is increased, the transmittance of the films decreases considerably. The as-deposited ZnO seed layers exhibit electron carrier concentration of 4.69 x 1014 cm-3 and the value increases to 9.44 x 1015 cm-3 after 5 h and 1.53 x 1016 cm-3 after 15 h of aqueous chemical treatment. It has been observed that ZnO nanostructures exhibit enhanced luminescence properties in visible region which covers the entire visible region of the spectrum. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
ISSN:00222313
DOI:10.1016/j.jlumin.2014.06.038