General Route to Vertical ZnO Nanowire Arrays Using Textured ZnO Seeds
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- 18 June 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Nano Letters
- Vol. 5 (7) , 1231-1236
- https://doi.org/10.1021/nl050788p
Abstract
A method for growing vertical ZnO nanowire arrays on arbitrary substrates using either gas-phase or solution-phase approaches is presented. A ∼10 nm-thick layer of textured ZnO nanocrystals with their c axes normal to the substrate is formed by the decomposition of zinc acetate at 200−350 °C to provide nucleation sites for vertical nanowire growth. The nanorod arrays made in solution have a rod diameter, length, density, and orientation desirable for use in ordered nanorod−polymer solar cells.Keywords
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