Sonochemical synthesis and optical properties of amorphous ZnO nanowires

作者:Zhou, ShaoMin*; Yuan, RuiJian; Lou, ShiYun; Wang, YongQiang; Yuan, HongLei; Zhu, GongYu; Liu, LiSheng; Hao, YaoMing; Li, Ning
来源:Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 2011, 13(10): 4511-4518.
DOI:10.1007/s11051-011-0403-2

摘要

Large-scale amorphous wire-like ZnO nanostructures were prepared by ultrasonic spray pyrolysis Zn(CO)(5) without involvement of any template or patterned catalyst. The as-obtained amorphous ZnO nanowires were characterized using scanning/transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction/photoelectron spectroscopy, energy-dispersed X-ray spectrometry, selected area electronic diffraction, and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy. The results reveal the as-made noncrystalline samples are about 30-60 nm in diameter and several tens of microns in length and the growth mechanism is tentatively proposed as the self-assembly soft template mechanism. The photoluminescence spectra in all of the as-studied specimens exhibit one wide visible emission peak in about 508 nm. The corresponding PL intensity greatly increased with an annealing temperature, which has an application for a high efficiency vacuum fluorescent displays and a low-voltage phosphor.