Optical and structural properties of ZnO nanorods grown on graphene oxide and reduced graphene oxide film by hydrothermal method

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 258, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 3109-3114

  Alver, U ^a   Zhou, W ^b,c   Belay, A B ^b,c   Krueger, R ^b   Davis, K O ^b,c   Hickman, N S ^b,c  

^a KAHRAMANMARAS SUTCU IMAM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Graphene oxide; Hydrothermal; Seed layer; ZnO nanorods

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; GRAPHENE; GRAPHENE OXIDE; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; NANORODS; OXIDE FILMS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC OXIDE;

ARGON ATMOSPHERES; HYDROTHERMAL; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES (RGO); SEED LAYER; SPRAY COATING; ZNO NANOROD;

OPTICAL FILMS;

EID: 84855532244     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2011.11.046     Document Type: Article

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