Non-catalytic growth of high-aspect-ratio Sb-doped ZnO nanowires by simple thermal evaporation process: Structural and optical properties

Synthesis of ZnO nanostructures in organic solvents and their photoluminescence properties

“…Among the functional semiconductors, zinc oxide (ZnO) is one of the most important materials due to its wide direct band gap (3.37 eV) and large exciton binding energy (60 meV) [6,7]. ZnO nanostructures have attracted more attentions for their applications in various nanodevices including nanogenerators, light-emitting diodes, polarization sensitive photodetectors, nanolasers, chemical sensors and solar cells [8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]. Various synthesis methods such as thermal evaporation, chemical vapor deposition, metal-organic chemical vapor deposition, molecular beam epitaxy, template-assisted methods, electrochemical deposition and hydrothermal/solvothermal methods have been successfully applied in syntheses of ZnO nanostructures [19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32].…”

Structural, diffused reflectance and photoluminescence study of cerium doped ZnO nanoparticles synthesized through simple sol–gel method

“…In order to enhance the structural and versatile properties of ZnO structural modifications have usually been utilized, among which metal ion doping is the most well known and effective approach to meet the different requirements of application. There have been various reports on the utilization of several metals such as Ga, Mn, Al, Ag and Co [28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37], to tailor the desirable properties of ZnO nanomaterials. In addition rare earth ion doped ZnO has the potential to be a highly multifunctional material with coexisting semiconducting and optical properties.…”

Novel pulsed electron deposition route to ZnO nanowire arrays

“…In recent years, one-dimensional (1D) nanowires have attracted a great research attention due to their wide usage as nanopiezotronics nanosensors, nanogenerators, nanoelectronics and nanolasers [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]. Moreover, the aligned ZnO nanowires are a promising candidate for field emission and light emitting [15,16]. Up to now, numerous synthesis methods, mainly divided into two routes: solution-based syntheses, e.g.…”