Morphology and Growth Process of Bat-like ZnO Crystals by Thermal Evaporation

作者:Gao, Pin; Wang, Kai; Huang, Chao; Meng, Lu; Xu, Fa-qiang*
来源:Chinese Journal of Chemical Physics, 2016, 29(3): 369-373.
DOI:10.1063/1674-0068/29/cjcp1512258

摘要

A novel bat-like ZnO nanostructure was synthesized on the silicon substrate by simple thermal evaporation of zinc powders without any catalyst. Each bat-like nanorod ("nanobat") is composed of a hexagonal head, a continuous neck and a thin handle. High-resolution transmission electron microscopy and selected area electron diffraction results reveal the single-crystalline feature and the growing direction along [0001] of the nanobat. The vapor solid mechanism was found suitable to explain the growth process of the nanobat and a schematic model was proposed in detail based on the experimental results.

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