Electronic structure and optical properties of vertically aligned ZnO nanorod arrays grown by low-temperature hydrothermal method

Wuji Cailiao Xuebao/Journal of Inorganic Materials

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 332-336

  Sun, Ying Lan ^a   Bian, Ji Ming ^a,b   Sun, Jing Chang ^c   Liang, Hong Wei ^a   Zou, Chong Wen ^d   Luo, Ying Min ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR MATERIALS PHYSICS   (China)

^c LIAONING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Hydrothermal; Photoluminescence; X ray absorption near edge spectroscope; ZnO nanorod arrays

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUBSTRATES; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; TEMPERATURE; X RAY ABSORPTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC OXIDE;

ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES; HYDROTHERMAL; HYDROTHERMAL PROCESS; LOCAL ELECTRONIC STRUCTURES; LOW-TEMPERATURE HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; ROOM TEMPERATURE PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTRUMS; X-RAY ABSORPTION NEAR EDGE SPECTROSCOPY; ZNO NANOROD ARRAYS;

NANORODS;

EID: 79955055014     PISSN: 1000324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1077.2010.10636     Document Type: Article

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