水热法制备Co掺杂ZnO纳米棒及其光学性能

采用水热法在石英衬底上以Zn(CH3COO)2.2H2O和Co(NO3)2.6H2O水溶液为源溶液,以C6H12N4(HMT)溶液作为催化剂,在较低温度下制备了Co掺杂的ZnO纳米棒。采用X射线衍射(XRD)和扫描电子显微镜(SEM)对所生长ZnO纳米棒的晶体结构和表面形貌进行了表征,考察了Co掺杂对ZnO纳米棒微观结构和对发光性能影响的机制。结果表明:Co掺杂的ZnO纳米棒呈六方纤锌矿结构,具有沿(002)面择优生长特性,Co掺杂使ZnO纳米棒的直径变细;同时室温光致发光(PL)谱检测显示Co掺杂ZnO纳米棒具有很强的近带边紫外发光峰,而与深能级相关的缺陷发光峰则很弱。本研究采用水热法在石英衬底上于较低温度下生长出了具有较高光学质量的Co掺杂ZnO纳米棒。     

一维有序ZnO纳米棒阵列的制备与表征

通过改进传统水热法的密闭、高压的条件,在非密闭、常压环境下在氧化铟锡玻璃衬底上自组装生长了取向高度一致并且分散性好的ZnO纳米棒阵列.首先将乙酸锌溶胶旋涂到氧化铟锡玻璃衬底上,经热处理得到致密的ZnO纳米晶薄膜,然后将其垂直放入前驱体溶液中通过化学溶液沉积生长得到ZnO纳米棒阵列.室温条件下,对样品进行了SEM和XRD的测试.表明生成的氧化锌纳米棒阵列沿c轴取向,实现了定向生长,且纳米棒结晶较好,为六方纤锌矿结构,直径约为40 nm,长度达到微米量级.室温下的吸收光谱表明,由此方法得到的纳米棒纯度较高,有强的紫外吸收.室温下,观测到了该有序ZnO纳米棒阵列在387 nm处强的窄带紫外发射,半高宽小于30 nm,在468 nm处还有一强度较弱的蓝光发射峰.     

联合体驱使生长法制备ZnO纳米棒及其表征

在常压环境下采用联合体驱使生长(Aggregation-drivengrowth)法在镀有ZnO纳米薄膜的医用盖玻片衬底和锌箔上制备了不同直径、高取向、密集生长的ZnO纳米棒阵列结构,发现平均直径与生长时间呈线性关系。X射线衍射(XRD)谱图中出现了较强的(002)峰,表明制备的纳米棒阵列具有高度c轴择优生长取向;高分辨透射电子显微镜(HRTEM)和选区电子花样衍射图谱(SAED)结果表明我们得到的单根纳米棒为沿(002)生长的单晶结构。分析确定盖玻片上的纳米棒阵列是以ZnO纳米薄膜缓冲层上的ZnO种子颗粒为成核点生长形成的。

     

两步法制备空间取向高度一致的ZnO纳米棒阵列

采用两步法,即先用磁控溅射在Si(100)表面生长一层ZnO籽晶层、再利用液相法制备空间取向高度一致的ZnO纳米棒阵列.用扫描电子显微镜、X射线衍射、高分辨透射电子显微镜和选区电子衍射对样品形貌和结构特征进行了表征.结果表明,ZnO纳米棒具有垂直于衬底沿c轴择优生长和空间取向高度一致的特性和比较大的长径比,X射线衍射的(XRD)(0002)峰半高宽只有0.06°,选区电子衍射也显示了优异的单晶特性.光致发光谱表明ZnO纳米棒具有非常强的紫外本征发光和非常弱的杂质或缺陷发光特性.关键词：ZnO纳米棒阵列ZnO籽晶层两步法液相生长     

一步水热法在Al掺杂ZnO纳米盘上可控自组装合成ZnO纳米棒阵列

通过简单的水热合成路线,在没有模板、表面活性剂的作用和未处理的基底上合成出铝掺杂ZnO 纳米盘,并以纳米盘为基底自组装合成了ZnO纳米棒阵列.扫描电镜(SEM)观察到铝掺杂ZnO纳米盘的厚度为 200 nm,纳米盘的尺寸约为2 μm;纳米棒的直径约为150 nm,长约1.5 μm.通过不同生长阶段的形貌变化探讨了ZnO纳米结构的形成机理,表明自组装过程存在两个成核阶段.另外, 研究了铝离子掺杂对样品光致发光性质的影响.     

水浴法制备ZnO纳米棒及其场发射性能

用硝酸锌(Zn(NO3)2·6H2O)与六亚甲基四胺(C6H12N4)以等浓度配制成反应溶液,通过水浴法制备出了形貌可控的棒状ZnO纳米结构,讨论了不同反应浓度及衬底对ZnO表面形貌的影响.样品的XRD和扫描电子显微镜分析结果表明,所得产物均为六方纤锌矿结构,在有晶种层的衬底上制备出的ZnO纳米棒沿(001)方向并垂直于衬底表面生长.随着反应浓度的增加,ZnO纳米棒的直径增大,长径比减小.样品的场发射性能测试表明,反应溶液浓度为0.005 mol/L,以铜膜为晶种层的硅衬底上制备出的场发射阴极具有较好的场发射性能.     

热蒸发法制备ZnO纳米棒阵列

氩气氛常压下,利用热蒸发法,在无催化剂、无ZnO预沉积层的硅衬底上制备了取向良好,排列整齐的ZnO纳米棒阵列．在距Zn源不同位置的Si衬底上得到了不同形貌的样品．硅衬底置于锌源正上方是得到取向一致的ZnO纳米阵列的一个关键性条件．用场发射扫描电子显微镜、X射线粉末衍射表征样品表面形貌、晶体结构．进一步研究了样品的生长机制和荧光性质．     

高度均一ZnO纳米梭的水热法制备及其性能

以六亚甲基四胺和硝酸锌为原料,采用水热法在90℃条件下反应24h,于Si衬底上制备出一维ZnO纳米梭材料。采用场发射扫描电镜、X射线衍射仪和高分辨透射电镜等方法对样品形貌和晶体结构进行了表征。结果表明,所得ZnO纳米梭形貌一致、尺寸均匀,为六方纤锌矿型结构,具有良好的结晶性能。对ZnO纳米梭的光致发光性能的研究表明,该纳米梭具有很强的紫外发光峰,缺陷发光很弱,说明其结晶质量良好。本文还对ZnO纳米梭的水热反应机理和形核长大机制进行了探讨。     

水热合成ZnO:Cd纳米棒的微结构及光致发光特性

采用水热法制备了ZnO和不同掺杂浓度的ZnO:Cd纳米棒,通过SEM,XRD、拉曼光谱等的分析,研究了ZnO和ZnO:Cd的微结构并测试分析了其光致发光特性.结果表明,ZnO和ZnO:Cd纳米棒呈六角纤锌矿结构,Cd掺杂使得纳米棒体积更小.由于内部张应力的影响,Cd掺杂使得材料光学带隙减少.当掺杂浓度为2%时,合成的材料光致发光谱中出现了位于2.67 eV处,由导带底和Zn空位(VZn)缺陷能级跃迁造成的蓝光发射峰,并且Cd的掺入使得位于2.90 eV附近的紫光发射峰强度增强,对于研究ZnO蓝紫发光器件具有重要的意义.     

掺银氧化锌纳米棒的水热法制备研究

利用水热法在直流磁控溅射制备的掺铝氧化锌 (AZO) 种子层上制备了不同形貌和光学性能的掺银ZnO纳米棒, 并采用XRD、扫描电镜、透射谱、光发射谱和EDS谱详细研究了Ag离子与Zn离子的摩尔百分比 (R_Ag/Zn) 及AZO种子层对掺银ZnO纳米棒的结构和光学性质的影响. 随着R_Ag/Zn的增加, 掺银ZnO 纳米棒的微结构和光学性质的变化与银掺杂诱导的纳米棒的端面尺寸变化有关. 平均端面尺寸的变化归结于种子层颗粒大小和颗粒数密度不同导致掺入的Ag离子的相对比例不同. 溅射15 min的AZO种子层上生长的ZnO纳米棒由于缺陷增多导致在可见光区的发光峰明显强于溅射10 min 的AZO种子层上、相同R_Ag/Zn 条件下生长的ZnO纳米棒. Ag掺杂产生的点缺陷增多导致可见光区PL波包较宽. 纯ZnO纳米棒的微结构与种子层厚度导致的结晶度和颗粒大小有关.关键词：ZnO纳米棒水热法Ag掺杂直流磁控溅射     

Optical properties of ZnO nanorods realised by aqueous chemical growth

Photoluminescence investigations of ZnO nanorods realised by an advanced two-step aqueous chemical growth process have been carried out revealing well-resolved near-band-edge emission accompanied by phonon replicas. The optical properties of nanorods with different lengths and diameters are quite similar indicating a good control of the growth process without influencing the optical properties even on plastic substrate. The near-band-edge emission has a very broad line-width of 10 meV. Annealing in Ar atmosphere reduces the deep-level emission with a corresponding increase of the near-band-edge emission.     

Formation of aligned ZnO nanorods on self-grown ZnO template and its enhanced field emission characteristics

We report a novel method for producing aligned ZnO nanorods (ANR) on self-grown ZnO template in a single step process involving growth of ZnO by vapor transport, followed by quenching of growing ZnO flux in liquid nitrogen. In the present study Zn powder turns into ZnO sheet under oxygen flow at ∼900 °C and bottom surface of the sheet acts as template for the growth of ANR. It is revealed from XRD and EDAX analysis that the bottom of the sheet is Zn rich region and acts as self catalyst for the growth of ANR. The grown nanorods have length up to several tens of micrometers with diameters ranging from ∼100 to 150 nm. Microstructural analysis of ANR indicates the fractal like configuration. The field emission properties have been investigated for ANR with fractal geometry using the ANR on self-grown ZnO template as a cathode directly. The turn-on electric field required to draw current density of ∼1.0 μA/cm² has been found to be ∼0.98 V/μm. The field enhancement factor based on Fowler-Nordheim (F-N) plot was found to be ∼7815 for ANR. The fractal geometry of ANR has been shown to be advantageous for achieving improved field emission features. The present investigations of synthesis involving formation of ANR over self-grown ZnO template, together with fractal configuration of the as-synthesized ANR, are first of their type.     

Selective growth of ZnO nanorods in aqueous solution

ZnO nanorod arrays find applications in solar energy conversion, light emission and other promising areas. One approach to generate ZnO nanorods is the cost efficient aqueous chemical growth (ACG). Usually the ACG process is based on a nucleation step followed by growth of ZnO nanorods in aqueous solution at temperatures below 95 C.We report on the fabrication of homogeneous, large scale arrays of nanorods on various substrate materials (Si, glass, polymer) by ACG. PL-measurements show surprisingly good optical quality although the rods were grown at low temperature.Even though we have developed patterning of these arrays with photolithographic techniques, a bottom up approach for lateral patterning is important concerning further applications especially for mass-production. The substrates with patterned metal layers were employed to realize selective growth of nanorods. The experiments were carried out on Ti-, Ag- and Pt-patterned substrates. Selective growth on metal structured glass substrates was developed and is described.     

Thermo-electrochemical selective growth of ZnO nanorods on any noble metal electrodes

Selective growth of ZnO nanorods has been successfully performed on the patterned Au/Ti metal electrode regions on a glass substrate by using a seeded thermo-electrochemical method in an acidic growth solution. The selective growth mechanism of the thermo-electrochemical method was proposed by using a series of chemical reactions for the first time. The thermo-electrochemical selective ZnO growth was performed on the cathode electrode at a temperature below 90 °C. A ZnO seed layer was precoated and selectively etched away from the non-metal regions in order to create the patterned selective nucleation sites on which the precursors are transferred and crystallized into ZnO nanorods. Both the dimensions and the placements of the ZnO nanorods have been simultaneously controlled. Energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry showed that the selectively grown ZnO nanorods consist of only Zn and O, indicating that the selectively grown ZnO nanorods are pure and contamination free. XRD and electron diffraction patterns revealed that the obtained ZnO nanorods have a wurtzite single-crystal structure.     

利用金作为反射镜的氧化锌纳米棒光泵激光

通过水热法在溅射了一层金的Si片上生长了ZnO纳米棒。实验观察到ZnO纳米棒的室温光致发光谱中出现了强的紫外发射峰,同时还伴随有弱的缺陷相关的发射,这表明通过该种方法生长的ZnO纳米棒晶体质量较好。同时,通过光泵浦也观察到了ZnO纳米棒中的激光发射。当激发光功率密度超过阈值,且进一步增加时则出现多个发射峰,其积分强度随着激发功率密度的增大呈非线性增长,进一步表明存在受激发射。利用金属层作为反射镜可以进一步降低损耗,从而达到降低阈值的目的。     

A comparative study of the electrodeposition and the aqueous chemical growth techniques for the utilization of ZnO nanorods on p-GaN for white light emitting diodes

Vertically well aligned zinc oxide nanorods (ZnO NRs) were grown on p-GaN by electrodeposition (ED) and aqueous chemical growth (ACG) techniques and the structures were employed to fabricate white light emitting diodes (LEDs). Room temperature current voltage (I–V$I–V$), photoluminescence (PL), and electroluminescence (EL) measurements were performed to investigate and compare both LEDs. In general, the I–V$I–V$ characteristics and the PL spectra of both LEDs were rather similar. Nevertheless, the EL of the ED samples showed an extra emission peak shoulder at 730 nm. Moreover, at the same injection current, the EL spectrum of the ED light emitting diode showed a small UV shift of 12 nm and its white peak was found to be broader when compared to the ACG grown LED. The broadening of the EL spectrum of the LED grown by ED is due to the introduction of more radiative deep level defects. The presented LEDs have shown excellent color rendering indexes reaching a value as high as 95. These results indicate that the ZnO nanorods grown by both techniques possess very interesting electrical and optical properties but the ED is found to be faster and more suitable for the fabrication of white LEDs.