Effect of Hydrothermal Growing Method on the Structure and Crystalline Quality of ZnO Nanorod Array

doi:10.7517/j.issn.1674-0475.2015.02.136

Abstract

Abstract:

In this work, we systematically compared the structure and crystalline quality of ZnO nanorod arrays which were prepared by three methods. According to the basic source of the hydrothermal growing solution, ZnO nanorod was prepared by using a) ammonia solution (N method), b) hexamethylene tetramine (H method) and c) alternating of 2N and H (NH method), respectively. The morphology and crystalline quality of the ZnO NW array have been characterized by using scanning electron microscopy, Raman spectroscopy, X-ray diffractometer and transmission electron microscopy. The results demonstrate that ZnO prepared with N and NH method has better orientation than that of H method, and an increasing crystalline quality trend of N

Key words: ZnO, hydrothermal method, nanorod, ZnO nanorod array

ZHANG Meilin, JIN Feng, ZHENG Meiling, LIU Jie, DUAN Xuanming. Effect of Hydrothermal Growing Method on the Structure and Crystalline Quality of ZnO Nanorod Array[J]. Imaging Science and Photochemistry, 2015, 33(2): 136-143.

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