Synthesis of uniformly distributed single- and double-sided zinc oxide (ZnO) nanocombs

Altintas Yildirim, Ozlem; Liu, Yuzi; Petford-Long, Amanda K.

doi:10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2015.08.007

Title: Synthesis of uniformly distributed single- and double-sided zinc oxide (ZnO) nanocombs

Journal Article · Fri Aug 21 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Journal of Crystal Growth

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2015.08.007· OSTI ID:1237680

Altintas Yildirim, Ozlem ^[1]; Liu, Yuzi ^[2]; Petford-Long, Amanda K. ^[3]

Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Materials Science Division; Middle East Technical Univ., Ankara (Turkey); Selcuk Univ., Konya (Turkey)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Center for Nanoscale Materials
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Materials Science Division; Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering

Uniformly distributed single- and double-sided zinc oxide (ZnO) nanocomb structures have been prepared by a vapor-liquid-solid technique from a mixture of ZnO nanoparticles and graphene nanoplatelets. The ZnO seed nanoparticles were synthesized via a simple precipitation method. The structure of the ZnO nanocombs could easily be controlled by tuning the carrier-gas flow rate during growth. Higher flow rate resulted in the formation of uniformly-distributed single-sided comb structures with nanonail-shaped teeth, as a result of the self-catalysis effect of the catalytically active Zn-terminated polar (0001) surface. Lower gas flow rate was favorable for production of double-sided comb structures with the two sets of teeth at an angle of similar to 110 degrees to each other along the comb ribbon, which was attributed to the formation of a bicrystal nanocomb ribbon. Lastly, the formation of such a double-sided structure with nanonail-shaped teeth has not previously been reported.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1237680

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1359313

Journal Information:: Journal of Crystal Growth, Vol. 430, Issue C; ISSN 0022-0248

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Country of Publication:: United States

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