Epitaxial growth of vertically aligned highly conducting ZnO nanowires by modified aqueous chemical growth process

被引:27
作者
Amiruddin, R. [1 ]
Kumar, M. C. Santhosh [1 ]
机构
[1] Natl Inst Technol, Dept Phys, Adv Mat Lab, Tiruchirappalli 620015, Tamil Nadu, India
关键词
ZnO; Spray pyrolysis; Aqueous chemical growth (ACG); ZnO nanowires; OPTICAL-PROPERTIES; THIN-FILMS; NANOSTRUCTURES; LUMINESCENCE; OPTIMIZATION; TEMPERATURE; SAPPHIRE; YELLOW;
D O I
10.1016/j.ceramint.2014.03.154
中图分类号
TQ174 [陶瓷工业]; TB3 [工程材料学];
学科分类号
0805 ; 080502 ;
摘要
We report the fabrication of one dimensional conducting Al doped ZnO nanowires by spray pyrolysis and subsequent aqueous chemical growth (ACG) process. Al doped ZnO (AZO) thin film seed layers have been prepared with the Al concentration varying from 1 to 5 at% by spray pyrolysis technique. The structural analysis shows that the as grown films have hexagonal wurtzite crystal structure with a preferential orientation of (002). The AZO seed layers have an average optical transmittance of 80%. It is observed that 3 at% is the optimum value of Al doping concentration in ZnO, showing lowest electrical resistivity of 3.51 x 10(-2) Omega cm with a carrier concentration of 1.52 x 10(19) cm(-3) and exhibiting n-type behavior. This optimum AZO (3 at%) films are used as a seed layers for the growth of vertically aligned one dimensional highly conducting ZnO nanowires by a modified aqueous chemical growth (ACG) process. The optical transmittance is found to decrease to the order 50% after the AZO nanowires grown upon AZO (3 at%) films. As grown ZnO nanowires exhibit an increased carrier concentration of 2.87 x 10(20) cm(-3) and a lower resistivity of 3.00 x 10(-2) Omega cm in comparison to AZO 3 at% seed layers. Photoluminescence studies reveal that AZO seed layers and nanowires exhibit strong UV emission at 378 nm. Moreover, AZO nanowires show enhanced luminescent properties in the visible region ranging from 400 to 700 nm. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd and Techna Group S.r.l. All rights reserved.
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页码:11283 / 11290
页数:8
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