Chemical solution-process method to synthesize ZnO nanorods with ultra-thin pinheads and ultra-thin nanobelts

W. Bai; K. Yu; Q. Zhang; Y. Huang; Q. Wang; Z. Zhu; N. Dai; Y. Sun

doi:10.1007/s00339-007-3895-y

Chemical solution-process method to synthesize ZnO nanorods with ultra-thin pinheads and ultra-thin nanobelts

W. Bai
, K. Yu^*
, Q. Zhang
, Y. Huang
, Q. Wang
, Z. Zhu
, N. Dai
, Y. Sun

^*Corresponding author for this work

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ZnO nanorods with 30 nm-diameter ultra-thin pinheads and ultra-thin nanobelts were successfully synthesized using a thiourea solution to etch nanorods and nancombs, which were obtained by a conventional thermal evaporation method. The materials obtained were investigated by field emission scanning electron microscopy and energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence. The data shows that hydrogen ions play an important role in synthesizing ZnO nanorods with ultra-thin pinheads and ultra-thin nanobelts. Field emission plots indicated that the turn-on field was reduced from 2.10 V/μm to 1.55 V/μm after thiourea solution treatment at a current density of 0.1 μA/cm². Room-temperature photoluminescence spectra from ZnO nanostructures showed the PL spectrum peaks shifted towards short wavelengths with a large enhancement of UV bands compared with those of ZnO nanorods and nanocombs.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	755-759
Number of pages	5
Journal	Applied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing
Volume	87
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-007-3895-y
State	Published - Jun 2007

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