PMID- 27427680
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20160822
LR  - 20190715
IS  - 1533-4899 (Electronic)
IS  - 1533-4880 (Linking)
VI  - 16
IP  - 6
DP  - 2016 Jun
TI  - Effect of Zinc Nitrate Concentration on the Optical and Morphological Properties 
      of ZnO Nanorods for Photovoltaic Applications.
PG  - 6119-23
AB  - We report the effect of zinc nitrate (ZN) concentration on the growth of zinc 
      oxide (ZnO) nanorods and their optical and morphological properties. As prepared 
      ZnO nanorods on glass substrate were characterized using field emission scanning 
      electron microscopy (FE-SEM), ultra violet-visible (UV-Vis), Raman and 
      Photo-luminescence (PL) spectroscopy. FE-SEM results show that the nanorods were 
      obtained for the 0.033 and 0.053 M concentration of ZN. As the ZN concentration 
      increased from 0.033 M to 0.053 M, the diameter of the nanorods was increased. It 
      indicated that the diameter of the nanorods was affected by the ZN concentration. 
      The Raman spectra of nanorods show only one peak at 438 cm(-1) corresponding to 
      E2(high) high mode, which means that ZnO nanorods grown perpendicularly on the 
      glass substrate, i.e., the ZnO nanorod arrays are highly c-axis oriented. 
      Room-temperature PL spectrum of the as-grown ZnO nanorods reveals a 
      near-band-edge (NBE) emission peak and defect induced green light emission. The 
      green light emission band at -579 nm might be attributed to surface oxygen 
      vacancies or defects. The UV-visible measurements reflect that the total 
      transmittance for the as grown ZnO nanorods is over 80%. The simple technique 
      presented in this study to grow ZnO nanorods on a glass substrate can be helpful 
      for making the cost effective photovoltaic devices.
FAU - Kim, Sung Jae
AU  - Kim SJ
FAU - Anwar, M S
AU  - Anwar MS
FAU - Heo, Si-Nae
AU  - Heo SN
FAU - Koo, Bon Heun
AU  - Koo BH
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - United States
TA  - J Nanosci Nanotechnol
JT  - Journal of nanoscience and nanotechnology
JID - 101088195
EDAT- 2016/07/19 06:00
MHDA- 2016/07/19 06:01
CRDT- 2016/07/19 06:00
PHST- 2016/07/19 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2016/07/19 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2016/07/19 06:01 [medline]
AID - 10.1166/jnn.2016.12133 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Nanosci Nanotechnol. 2016 Jun;16(6):6119-23. doi: 10.1166/jnn.2016.12133.