AC/DC Electric-Field-Assisted Growth of ZnO Nanowires for Gas Discharge
Wenming Yang,
Chenjun Hao,
Shengsen Zhang,
Tianyang Zheng,
Rong Zhu,
Beiying Liu
Affiliations
Wenming Yang
School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
Chenjun Hao
School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
Shengsen Zhang
State Key Laboratory of Precision Measurement Technology and Instrument, Department of Precision Instruments, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
Tianyang Zheng
State Key Laboratory of Precision Measurement Technology and Instrument, Department of Precision Instruments, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
Rong Zhu
State Key Laboratory of Precision Measurement Technology and Instrument, Department of Precision Instruments, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
Beiying Liu
School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
Using ZnO nanowires as needle anodes in gas discharge is helpful for maintaining continuous discharge with a relatively low voltage. It is necessary that the ZnO nanowires are far enough apart to guarantee no electric field weakening and that the nanowire anodes are easy to assemble together with the discharging devices. An AC/DC electric-field-assisted wet chemical method is proposed in this paper. It was used to grow ZnO nanowires directly on discharging devices. The nanowires covered the whole electrode in the case in which only a DC field was applied. Moreover, the tips of the nanowires were scattered, similar to the results observed under the application of AC fields. The average distance between the tips of the highest nanowires was approximately equal to 4 μm, which almost meets the requirement of gas discharge. The research concerning growing ZnO nanowires directly on PCBs shown that, at the current time, ZnO nanowires on PCBs did not meet the requirements of gas discharge; however, in this study, the parameters regarding ZnO nanowire growth were established.
