Growth of flower-like ZnO on ZnO nanorod arrays created on zinc substrate through low-temperature hydrothermal synthesis

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 264, Issue , 2013, Pages 162-170

  Shi, Ruixia ^a   Yang, Ping ^a   Dong, Xiaobin ^a   Ma, Qian ^a   Zhang, Aiyu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JINAN   (China)

Author keywords

Flower like ZnO; Growth mechanism; Hydrothermal synthesis; Zinc substrate; ZnO nanorod arrays

Indexed keywords

ALKALI METALS; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; MORPHOLOGY; NANORODS; SUBSTRATES; TEMPERATURE; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

ALKALI METAL HYDROXIDES; FLOWER-LIKE ZNO; GROWTH MECHANISMS; HYDROTHERMALLY; IN-SITU GROWTH; LOW TEMPERATURES; ZINC SUBSTRATES; ZNO NANOROD ARRAYS;

II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS;

EID: 84870496537     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2012.09.164     Document Type: Article

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