Influence of Ammonium in Zinc Oxide Nanostructures Hydrothermally Grown on Glass Substrate

Abstract:

We present the synthesis of ZnO nanostructures grown by the hydrothermal method using the rapid microwave heating process. First, 10 mM solutions of zinc acetate dihydrate and 1-propanol were three cycles spin coated on glass substrates at 2000 rpm by 70 s, 90 s and 90 s, respectively. Second, nanostructures were then grown by dipping the substrates in a solution of zinc nitrate hexahydrate, polyethyleneimine (PEI), hexamethylenetetramine and ammonia. The hydrothermal process were carried out with a commercial microwave at 300, and 600 W power settings during 20 min. The structural and morphological properties were investigated using X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). The influence of the ammonium concentration in the morphology of the nanostructures was analyzed.Keywords: ZnO, nanostructures, XRD, SEM, spin coating, ammonium, hydrothermal process.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 709)
• Pages: 341-345
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.709.341
• Online since: December 2014
• Authors: Concepción Mejía-García*, Elvia Díaz-Valdés, Marco Alberto Ayala-Torres, Alejandro Sánchez-Sánchez, Ana María Paniagua-Mercado, Josúe Romero-Ibarra
• Keywords: Ammonium, Hydrothermal Process, Nanostructure, SEM, Spin Coating, XRD, ZNO

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