ZnO nanorods with low intrinsic defects and high optical performance grown by facile microwave-assisted solution method

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 4737-4743

  Tang, Jie ^a   Chai, Jianwei ^b   Huang, Jian ^a   Deng, Liyuan ^a   Nguyen, Xuan S ^a   Sun, Linfeng ^c   Venkatesan, T ^a   Shen, Zexiang ^c   Tay, Chuan Beng ^a   Chua, Soo Jin ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

defects; microwave synthesis; photoluminescence; ZnO

Indexed keywords

DEFECTS; GREEN MANUFACTURING; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; METALS; MICROWAVES; MORPHOLOGY; NANORODS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC OXIDE;

INTRINSIC DEFECTS; MICROWAVE ASSISTED; MICROWAVE SYNTHESIS; OPTICAL PERFORMANCE; OXYGEN INTERSTITIALS; SI (100) SUBSTRATE; SOLUTION METHODS; VERTICALLY ALIGNED;

ZNO NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 84924270095     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am508426z     Document Type: Article

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