Synthesis and Characterization of Aligned ZnO Nanorods on Porous Aluminum Oxide Template.
Aligned high-density ZnO nanorods were successfully synthesized on porous aluminum oxide (PAO) template. The growth process involves carbonthermal reduction of ZnO as a Zn vapor source and ZnO nucleation on the PAO template without metal catalysts. Field-emission scanning electron microscope images revealed that the nanorods have uniform length distributions and hexagon end planes, and the intense c-axis growth was also confirmed by X-ray diffraction. Strong ultraviolet emission at 380 nm and weak green band emission at 520 nm at room-temperature photoluminescence clearly indicated the high quality of the ZnO nanorods. A growth mechanism is proposed that the multipore surface of the PAO template plays a critical role in the nucleation of ZnO in the initial stage of growth, and nanorods grow from the nuclei due to intense ZnO c-axis orientation growth.
Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, and Department of Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China.
Jiansheng
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Jie
Guanzhong
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Wang
Qingtao
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Wang
Yiming
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Chen
Xinhai
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Han
Xiaoping
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Wang
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Hou