Chia Ying Lee1 , Tseung Yuen Tseng1 , Seu Yi Li2 and Pang Lin This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.2

1Department of Electronics Engineering and Institute of Electronics National Chiao Tung University Hsinchu, Taiwan, 300, R.O.C.
2Institute of Materials Science Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, 300, R.O.C.


 

Received: March 31, 2003
Accepted: April 30, 2003
Publication Date: June 1, 2003

Download Citation: ||https://doi.org/10.6180/jase.2003.6.2.08  


ABSTRACT


Single crystalline zinc oxide (ZnO) nanowires have been grown on Si (100) substrates by a vapor-liquid-solid (VLS) process at temperatures in the range 850-950 °C in an inert atmosphere. The VLS-grown ZnO nanowires have been characterized in detail using X-ray diffraction (XRD), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), energy dispersive X-ray analysis (EDX) and photoluminescence spectroscopy (PL). The XRD studies revealed that the ZnO nanowires had wurtzite structure (hexagonal) with well-defined growth along [0001] direction. The composition analysis by EDX indicated the presence of small amounts of Si codeposited on the ZnO nanowires. The microscopic studies revealed a tilted configuration for ZnO nanowires on Si (100) with diameters in the range 60 to 100 nm and lengths varying between 1 to 3 µm. A strong ultraviolet emission has been observed for the ZnO nanowires as evidenced by the photoluminescence spectra at a wavelength of 381 nm.


Keywords: Zinc Oxide, Nanowires, Vapor-Liquid-Soild Process, Photoluminescence


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