微纳跨尺度ZnO结构的紫外发射机理研究

利用气相输运的方法在Si(100)衬底上生长了ZnO的微纳跨尺度结构.扫描电镜照片可以明显地看到样品表面为椎顶六角微米柱-纳米棒的复合结构.样品在室温下的光致发光谱出现了很强的紫外发射峰,没有观察到与杂质或缺陷相关的深能级发射,表明样品有很好的光学质量.通过详细的研究样品的紫外发射谱与温度(83—307K)的依赖关系,发现在室温下样品的近带边发射包含两个部分,分别与自由激子发射和自由载流子到施主(受主)的跃迁(FB跃迁)相关,这个施主(受主)束缚态的离化能为124.6meV. 关键词： ZnO微纳跨尺度结构 光致发光谱 自由载流子到施主(受主)的跃迁 自由激子发射     

人工构建二维准晶复合结构的减阻特性研究

采用旋转锥板式剪切力测试系统,测试了人工构建的具有五次、八次、十次、十二次对称性的二维准晶结构对甘油和水混合液的减阻性能,并与随机排列结构和周期排列结构的流阻进行了对比.对比试验发现：准晶结构具有显著的减阻效果,其中具有十二次对称性的二维准晶结构减阻效应最大,在剪切率为200—2000 s^-1时,剪切力减小的幅度从15%—9%,其最大减阻量可达到15.4%.进一步在所构建的大尺度二维准晶结构的表面,再复合制备微/纳米粗糙结构,这两种尺度的结构协和作用,可实现减阻效果明显提高. 关键词： 准晶结构 粗糙结构 十二次对称性 减阻     

一种具有高比表面积的Ag@ZnO微-纳复合结构的合成及其在光催化还原二氧化碳方面的应用

采用简单的水热法制备了比表面积高达7.9801m~2/g的ZnO微米星状结构(ZnO star),利用AgNO_3紫外光照还原反应在其表面附着Ag纳米颗粒,构成Ag@ZnO star微-纳米复合分型结构,其光学吸收波长尺度涵盖从近紫外至近红外的太阳光谱波段.用X射线衍射光谱(XRD)、X射线光电子能谱(XPS)等测定了样品的相结构和组成元素.用扫描电子显微镜(SEM)、透射电子显微镜(TEM)以及高分辨透射电子显微镜(HRTEM)确定了所合成样品的形貌和晶面结构并且证实了Ag@ZnO star异质结构的存在.紫外-可见-近红外分光光度计(UV-VIS-NIR spectrophotometer,UVNS)测试显示样品在近紫外至近红外波段都具有良好的光吸收性能.用Labsolar-6A高气密性自动在线光催化分析系统测量了样品的CO_2光催化还原为CO的性能,结果表明Ag@ZnOstar微-纳复合结构显著地提高了CO_2光催化还原的能力,较商用ZnO粉末提高了4倍,其原因归于两点:一是ZnO的分型结构显著提高了比表面积,二是Ag粒子与ZnO的耦合产生的等离激元增强效应以及使非极性面的活性得到增强.此工作对高效微-纳复合结构CO_2光催化还原剂的构建具有重要的指导意义.     

三步法制备ZnO花状微结构疏水性薄膜

荷叶的疏水性主要来自荷叶表面的微纳复合结构. 利用三步法对荷叶表面的微结构进行仿生,制备了ZnO花状微结构疏水性薄膜. 首先用sol-gel法在普通玻璃衬底上生长SiO2薄膜,然后进行磁控溅射生长籽晶层,再在其上利用水热法制备出微米量级和微纳复合的2种不同的ZnO花状微结构的均匀薄膜,经有机修饰后,具有不同程度的疏水能力. 用扫描电镜观察了不同微结构ZnO薄膜的表面特征,用X射线衍射研究了ZnO的结晶情况,并且研究了不同微结构对疏水性质的影响. 实验结果表明:微纳复合结构可以提高薄膜疏水性,最佳三相接触角达到140°.     

高纯铜初始层裂的微损伤特性研究

本文对平面冲击加载下高纯铜初始层裂的微损伤特性进行了研究. 利用准三维的表面轮廓测试技术, 对冲击加载“软回收”的样品截面进行测试. 通过对测试数据的重构、量化和统计分析, 结果表明: 拉伸应力持续时间和加载应力幅值的增加, 都会加剧样品内部损伤局域化程度. 样品内损伤区域宽度是亚微米尺度的损伤演化的结果, 并且亚微米尺度的演化速率随着拉伸应变率的增加而单调递增. 通过统计获得了样品内微损伤的尺寸分布特征, 并分析了其与损伤演化进程的关联.     

电沉积Co掺杂ZnO的场发射特性研究

在ITO衬底上电沉积了Co掺杂ZnO系列样品,并用X射线粉末衍射仪和扫描电子显微镜测试了样品的结构和表面形貌.结果表明Co掺杂并没有改变ZnO的六方纤锌矿结构,而只在一定程度上改变了表面形貌.样品的场发射特性测试结果显示,随着Co掺杂浓度的增大,开启场强逐渐增大,进而可以判断ZnO体系的带隙依次变窄.Co掺杂引起ZnO能带结构的变化可归因于掺杂元素引入的d电子与基体材料导带和价带中的s、p电子之间的强的sp-d交换相互作用,这将为ZnO的带隙调控提供一种新的思路.     

网络状表面结构纳米氧化锌的发光特性

为研究表面形貌对微纳结构氧化锌晶体光学特性的影响,利用气相传输法制备了一种具有特殊表面结构的纳米氧化锌颗粒状样品.应用X射线衍射谱、电子能量散射谱和扫描电镜等对样品结构和形貌进行了分析,结果表明样品具有三种层次结构组成的网络状表面形貌；室温下以波长355 nm激光激发样品,观察到紫外峰明显被抑制的发光谱.基于样品表面周...     

不同衬底温度下PLD法制备的氧化锌薄膜的特性

利用GCR-170型脉冲激光器Nd:YAG的三次谐波(355nm),以蓝宝石Al2O3(0001)为衬底,在不同温度下采用脉冲激光沉积法制备了ZnO薄膜.通过原子力显微镜、Raman谱、光致发光谱、红外透射谱、霍尔效应和表面粗糙度分析仪对制备的ZnO薄膜进行了测试.分析了在不同衬底温度下薄膜的表面形貌、光学特性,同时进行了薄膜结构和厚度的测试.研究表明:衬底温度对ZnO薄膜的表面形貌、光学特性、结构特性都是重要的工艺参量,尤其在500℃时沉积的ZnO薄膜致密均匀,并表现出较强的紫外发射峰.     

微球透镜亚波长显微成像远场特性实验研究

利用低折射率的二氧化硅和高折射率的钛酸钡微球透镜对蓝光刻录光碟的亚波长表面结构进行了显微成像实验,观察了两类微球在空间上与样品表面分离时的成像特性.实验结果表明:在微球透镜与样品表面分离0～6μm的空间范围内,微球透镜对亚波长纳米结构仍具有分辨能力,且放大作用明显.通过实验比较,发现在浸没方式、放大率大小、成像尺度范围...     

衬底位置对化学气相沉积法制备的磷掺杂p型ZnO纳米材料形貌和特性的影响

采用化学气相沉积方法,在无催化剂的条件下,通过改变衬底位置在Si(100)衬底上制备出了高取向的磷掺杂ZnO纳米线和纳米钉.测试结果表明,当衬底位于反应源上方1.5 cm处时,所制备的样品为钉状结构,而当衬底位于反应源下方1 cm处时样品为线状结构.对不同形貌磷掺杂ZnO纳米结构的生长机理进行了研究.此外,在ZnO纳米结构的低温光致发光谱中观测到了一系列与磷掺杂相关的受主发光峰.还对磷掺杂ZnO纳米结构/n-Si异质结I-V曲线进行了测试,结果表明,该器件具有良好的整流特性,纳米线和纳米钉异质结器件的开启电压分别为4.8和3.2 V.     

Facile fabrication of forest‐like ZnO hierarchical structures on conductive fabric substrate

Forest‐like ZnO hierarchical structures were synthesized on the conductive fabric substrate via a simple one‐step electrochemical deposition process. By applying externally a high cathodic voltage to the samples, ZnO microrods were aligned on the seed coated layer and then ZnO branches were formed on the pillars of ZnO microrods, which was caused by the strong deposition potential between the pillars of ZnO microrods and the Zn²⁺ dissolved in growth solution. At the external cathodic voltage of –3 V, the optimized forest‐like ZnO hierarchical structures exhibited high density, high porosity, and good crystallinity. These fabricated forest‐like ZnO hierarchical structures are potentially useful for electronic and chemical sensing applications. (© 2012 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Fabrication of three-dimensional ZnO with hierarchical structure via an electrodeposition process

A novel three-dimensional (3D) hierarchical structured ZnO was prepared on TiO₂ nanoparticles film by electrodeposition process from aqueous ZnCl₂ solution. The hierarchical structured ZnO was observed by scanning electron microscopy. The results showed that the deposition time had an obvious effect on the morphology of the ZnO structures. Accordingly, a possible growth mechanism was proposed. Furthermore, the room-temperature optical properties of hierarchical structured ZnO were investigated by photoluminescence spectrum, indicating that a strong green emission peak centered at 542 nm.     

Heterojunction light emitting diodes fabricated with different n-layer oxide structures on p-GaN layers by magnetron sputtering

We grew heterojunction light emitting diode (LED) structures with various n-type semiconducting layers by magnetron sputtering on p-type GaN at high temperature. Because the undoped ZnO used as an active layer was grown under oxygen rich atmosphere, all LED devices showed the EL characteristics corresponding to orange-red wavelength due to high density of oxygen interstitial, which was coincident with the deep level photoluminescence emission of undoped ZnO. The use of the Ga doped layers as a top layer provided the sufficient electron carriers to active region and resulted in the intense EL emission. The LED sample with small quantity of Mg incorporated in MgZnO as an n-type top layer showed more intense emission than the LED with ZnO, in spite of the deteriorated electrical and structural properties of the MgZnO film. This might be due to the improvement of output extraction efficiency induced by rough surface.     

Fabrication of superhydrophobic surface of hierarchical ZnO thin films by using stearic acid

Flower-like hierarchical ZnO microspheres were successfully synthesized by a simple, template-free, and low-temperature aqueous solution route. The morphology and microstructure of the ZnO microspheres were examined by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy. The bionic films with hydrophobicity were fabricated by the hierarchical ZnO microspheres modified by stearic acid. It was found that the hydrophobicity of the thin films was very sensitive to the added amount of stearic acid. The thin films modified with 8% stearic acid took on strong superhydrophobicity with a water contact angle (CA) almost to be 178° and weak adhersion. The remarkable superhydrophobicity could be attributed to the synergistic effect of micro/nano hierarchical structure of ZnO and low surface energy of stearic acid.     

Growth of hierarchical based ZnO micro/nanostructured films and their tunable wettability behavior

Hierarchical zinc oxide (ZnO) micro/nanostructured thin films were grown onto as-prepared and different annealed ZnO seed layer films by a simple two step chemical process. A cost effective successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction (SILAR) method was employed to grow the seed layer films at optimal temperature (80 °C) and secondly, different hierarchical based ZnO structured thin films were deposited over the seed layered films by chemical bath deposition (CBD). The influence of seed layer on the structural, surface morphological, optical and wettability behavior of the ZnO thin films were systematically investigated. The XRD analysis confirms the high crystalline nature of both the seed layer and corresponding ZnO micro/nanostructured films with a perfect hexagonal structure oriented along (0 0 2) direction. The surface morphology revels a complex and orientated hierarchical based ZnO structured films with diverse shapes from plates to hexagonal rod-like crystal to tube-like structure and even much more complex needle-like shapes during secondary nucleation, by changing the seed layer conditions. The water contact angle (WCA) measurements on hierarchical ZnO structured films are completely examined to study its surface wettability behavior for its suitability in future self-cleaning application. Photoluminescence (PL) spectra of the ZnO structured film exhibit UV and visible emissions in the range of 420-500 nm. The present approach demonstrates its potential for low-temperature, large-scale, controlled synthesis of crystalline hierarchical ZnO nanostructures films.     

Electrospinning fabrication of rime-like NiO nanowires/nanofibers hierarchical architectures and their photocatalytic properties

Rime-like NiO Nanowires/nanofibers hierarchical architectures have been fabricated employing a co-precipitation reaction and electrospinning method. The synthesized hierarchical structure was characterized using SEM, XRD and BET analysis methods. The effects of growth temperature and reaction time on the morphologies of the as-prepared structures were investigated by SEM characterization and a possible mechanism for the formation of NiO hierarchical structures is proposed. Based on the nitrogen adsorption and desorption measurements, the BET surface area of the as-obtained sample is 61.0 m²/g and the pore sizes of ca. 5.0 nm. The catalytic efficiency of the NiO nanomaterials developed was evaluated by the photocatalytic degradation of acetaldehyde. In comparison with sphere-like and fiber-like structures, the NiO hierarchical structures show an excellent ability to rapidly acetaldehyde pollutant, which may be attributed to its unique hierarchical and porous surface structures.     

Femtosecond pulse laser-induced self-organized nanostructures on the surface of ZnO crystal

This paper reports self-organized nanostructures observed on the surface of ZnO crystal after irradiation by a focused beam of a femtosecond Ti：sapphire laser with a repetition rate of 250kHz. For a linearly polarized femtosecond laser, the periodic nanograting structure on the ablation crater surface was promoted. The period of self-organization structures is about 180 nm. The grating orientation is adjusted by the laser polarization direction. A long range Bragglike grating is formed by moving the sample at a speed of 10μm/s. For a circularly polarized laser beam, uniform spherical nanoparticles were formed as a result of Coulomb explosion during the interaction of near-infrared laser with ZnO crystal.     

Hierarchical ZnO microrods: synthesis,structure, optical and photocatalytic properties

Hierarchical ZnO microrods have been prepared by cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB)-assisted hydrothermal process at low temperature. Sheetlike or fluffy ZnO nanostructures have been developed in a large density on the surface of the microrods. The ZnO cores grow preferentially along [001]; the nanosheets are single crystalline and grow in two dimensions along the [001] and [120] directions. The formation of hierarchical structures has been attributed to the presence of CTAB in the solution, which facilitates the secondary nucleation and growth. The nanosheet-covered hierarchical microrods have been analyzed by Raman and photoluminescence spectroscopy, and they exhibit a blue emission at 465 nm and a strong orange emission at 640 nm. Photocatalytic activities of the products have been examined, and the nanosheet-covered hierarchical microrods display the best activity in photodegradation of phenol due to their unique surface features and high surface area.     

Growth of ZnO Nanostructures on Porous Silicon and Oxidized Porous Silicon Substrates

We have investigated an oxidation of substrate effect on structural morphology of zinc oxide (ZnO) rods. ZnO rods are grown on porous silicon (PS) and on thermally oxidized porous silicon substrates by carbothermal reduction of ZnO powder through chemical vapour transport and condensation. Porous silicon is fabricated by electrochemical etching of silicon in hydrofluoric acid solution. The effects of substrates on morphology and structure of ZnO nanostructures have been studied. The morphology of substrates is studied by atomic force microscopy in contact mode. The texture coefficient of each sample is calculated from X-ray diffraction data that demonstrate random orientation of ZnO rods on oxidized porous silicon substrate. The morphology of structures is investigated by scanning electron microscopy that confirms the surface roughness tends to increase the growth rate of ZnO rods on oxidized PS compared with porous silicon substrate. A green emission has been observed in ZnO structures grown on oxidized PS substrates by photoluminescence measurements.     

CdSe quantum dot sensitized solar cell based hierarchical branched ZnO nanoarrays

The hierarchical branched ZnO nanoarrays (NAs) photoanode was prepared by a two-step hydrothermal method. Vertically aligned long ZnO NWs were first synthesized using as the backbone of hierarchical branched ZnO NAs structure and high quality ZnO NAs branches were grown on the surface of backbone ZnO NAs. The structured films enhance the optical path length through the light scatting effect of branched ZnO NAs and prove the larger internal surface area in NAs film to increase quantum dots (QDs) sensitizer loadings, so the light absorption has an optimization. Compared with the cell based conventional 1D ZnO NAs, the efficiency of the new cells has a great improvement due to the increase of the short circuit current density.