Nanomaterials (Jun 2024)

Controlled Synthesis of Large-Area Oriented ZnO Nanoarrays

  • Haowei Lin,
  • Shibo Xing,
  • Ao Jiang,
  • Mingxuan Li,
  • Qing Chen,
  • Zhenling Wang,
  • Lei Jiang,
  • Huiying Li,
  • Jie Wang,
  • Chenchen Zhou

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/nano14121028
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 12
p. 1028

Abstract

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Large-area oriented ZnO nanoarrays (including nanowire, nanorod, and nanotube) on ITO glass substrates are synthesized via the simple hydrothermal, electrodeposition, and electrochemical etching approach. The morphology of ZnO nanoarrays is controlled by adjusting the reaction temperature, reaction time, and current density. The scanning and transmission electron microscopy (SEM and TEM) results indicate the successful preparation of large-area oriented ZnO nanoarrays with different types, and the energy-dispersive X-microanalysis spectrum (EDS) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) results confirm that the composition of the obtained nanoarrays is ZnO. More importantly, the as-prepared ZnO nanotube arrays are observed with about a 40% increase in ultraviolet absorption intensity compared to the ZnO nanowire/nanorod arrays, due to having larger specific surface areas. The as-prepared different types of ZnO nanoarrays have great potential for applications in low-cost and high-performance optoelectronic devices.

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