The effects of nontoxic bio-based substances (egg white) on the performance and passivation of ZnO nanorods arrays-based light emitting devices
Sung-Hao Chuang,
Denice Navat Feria,
Yan-Shawn Lo
et al.
Abstract:An innovative approach is proposed to passivate the existing defects from metal oxide semiconductors by functionalizing nontoxic bio-based substances. As a demonstration, we synthesized zinc oxide nanorods (ZnO NRs) using a hydrothermal method and incorporated chicken egg white (albumen) as a passivator to the defects. XRD analysis of ZnO NRs shows enhanced quality and crystallinity features after incorporating albumen. XPS measurements were performed not only to introduce the chemical bonding between the albu… Show more
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