Low temperature solution synthesis and characterization of ZnO nano-flowers
- Thin Film Technology Laboratory, School of Chemical Engineering, Chonbuk National University, Chonju 561756 (Korea, Republic of)
- Department of Polymer Nano Science and Technology, Chonbuk National University, Chonju 561756 (Korea, Republic of)
Synthesis of flower-shaped ZnO nanostructures composed of hexagonal ZnO nanorods was achieved by the solution process using zinc acetate dihydrate and sodium hydroxide at very low temperature of 90 deg. C in 30 min. The individual nanorods are of hexagonal shape with sharp tip, and base diameter of about 300-350 nm. Detailed structural characterizations demonstrate that the synthesized products are single crystalline with the wurtzite hexagonal phase, grown along the [0 0 0 1] direction. The IR spectrum shows the standard peak of zinc oxide at 523 cm{sup -1}. Raman scattering exhibits a sharp and strong E{sub 2} mode at 437 cm{sup -1} which further confirms the good crystallinity and wurtzite hexagonal phase of the grown nanostructures. The photoelectron spectroscopic measurement shows the presence of Zn, O, C, zinc acetate and Na. The binding energy ca. 1021.2 eV (Zn 2p{sub 3/2}) and 1044.3 eV (Zn 2p{sub 1/2}), are found very close to the standard bulk ZnO binding energy values. The O 1s peak is found centered at 531.4 eV with a shoulder at 529.8 eV. Room-temperature photoluminescence (PL) demonstrate a strong and dominated peak at 381 nm with a suppressed and broad green emission at 515 nm, suggests that the flower-shaped ZnO nanostructures have good optical properties with very less structural defects.
- OSTI ID:
- 21000700
- Journal Information:
- Materials Research Bulletin, Vol. 42, Issue 9; Other Information: DOI: 10.1016/j.materresbull.2006.11.035; PII: S0025-5408(06)00465-X; Copyright (c) 2006 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0025-5408
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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