Hydrothermal growth of ZnO nanowire arrays: fine tuning by precursor supersaturation

Yan, Danhua; Cen, Jiajie; Zhang, Wenrui; Orlov, Alexander; Liu, Mingzhao

doi:10.1039/C6CE02368A

Hydrothermal growth of ZnO nanowire arrays: fine tuning by precursor supersaturation

Journal Article · Tue Dec 20 00:00:00 EST 2016 · CrystEngComm

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/C6CE02368A· OSTI ID:1361271

Yan, Danhua ^[1]; Cen, Jiajie ^[2]; Zhang, Wenrui ^[3]; Orlov, Alexander ^[2]; Liu, Mingzhao ^[3]

Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Center for Functional Nanomaterials; Stony Brook Univ., NY (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
Stony Brook Univ., NY (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Center for Functional Nanomaterials

In this paper, we develop a technique that fine tunes the hydrothermal growth of ZnO nanowires to address the difficulties in controlling their growth in a conventional one-pot hydrothermal method. In our technique, precursors are separately and slowly supplied with the assistance of a syringe pump, through the entire course of the growth. Compared to the one-pot method, the significantly lowered supersaturation of precursors helps eliminating competitive homogeneous nucleation and improves the reproducibility. The supersaturation degree can be readily tuned by the precursor quantity and injection rate, thus forming ZnO nanowire arrays of various geometries and packing densities in a highly controllable fashion. The precise control of ZnO nanowire growth enables systematic studies on the correlation between the material's properties and its morphology. Finally, in this work, ZnO nanowire arrays of various morphologies are studied as photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting photoanodes, in which we establish clear correlations between the water splitting performance and the nanowires' size, shape, and packing density.

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Stony Brook Univ., NY (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012704

OSTI ID:: 1361271

Report Number(s):: BNL--113926-2017-JA; KC0403020

Journal Information:: CrystEngComm, Journal Name: CrystEngComm Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 19; ISSN 1466-8033

Publisher:: Royal Society of ChemistryCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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