Effects of substrate on the structure, morphology and optical properties of vertically aligned ZnO nanorod arrays grown by low-temperature CBD method

Wuji Cailiao Xuebao/Journal of Inorganic Materials

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1115-1120

  Sun, Ying Lan ^a   Bian, Ji Ming ^a,b,c   Li, Qing Wei ^a   Luo, Ying Min ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF CERAMICS   (China)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR MATERIALS PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Chemical bath deposition; Nanorod arrays; Photoluminescence; ZnO

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; ITO GLASS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUBSTRATES; TEMPERATURE; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE;

CHEMICAL-BATH DEPOSITION; DEEP LEVEL EMISSION; DIFFERENT SUBSTRATES; HEXAGONAL WURTZITE STRUCTURE; NANO-ROD ARRAYS; ROOM TEMPERATURE PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTRUMS; SPECTRA MEASUREMENTS; VERTICALLY ALIGNED;

NANORODS;

EID: 78649296888     PISSN: 1000324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1077.2010.01115     Document Type: Article

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