摘要

We carry out a comprehensive photoluminescence (PL) study on hydrothermally grown ZnO nanorods to provide insights into the role of hydrogen impurity in ZnO materials. Annealing at 1223 K greatly modifies the PL properties of the ZnO nanorods, both for the excitonic and deep level emissions. The suppression of excitons bound to H donors as well as enhancement of deep level emission after annealing suggests the removal of H from ZnO lattice. The temperature-dependent behavior of the deep level emissions suggests the formation of V-zn-H-n, complexes.