Hexagonal ZnO bipyramids: Synthesis, morphological evolution, and optical properties

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 113, Issue 52, 2009, Pages 21471-21476

  Wang, Ning ^a   Cao, Xia ^b   Wu, Qingyin ^c   Zhang, Rui ^a   Wang, Long ^d   Yin, Penggang ^a   Guo, Lin ^a  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Zhongshan Torch Polytechnic   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIPYRAMIDS; DEEP LEVEL EMISSION; EXCITONIC EMISSION; FREE-TO-BOUND TRANSITIONS; INTERGROWTH; MORPHOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; NARROW SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTRUM; SEM; SOLUTION ROUTES; STRUCTURAL DEFECT; TEM; ZNO; ZNO CRYSTALS; ZNO POWDER;

SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ZINC OXIDE;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 73849143149     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp9031157     Document Type: Article

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