Atmospheric Pressure Synthesis of ZnO Nanotubes by Aqueous Solution Route

Abstract:

Single-crystalline ZnO nanotubes were fabricated via a simple aqueous solution method under low temperature and atmospheric pressure conditions. X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HR-TEM) equipped with the selected area electron diffraction (SAED) setup were used to analyze the crystal structure, surface morphology and inner structure of ZnO nanotubes. Photoluminescence (PL) and UV-visible absorption spectra were carried out to investigate optical properties of ZnO nanotubes. The results indicate ZnO nanotubes only exhibit sharp and strong near ultraviolet emission at 363 nm according to PL spectrum.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 669)
• Pages: 189-193
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.669.189
• Online since: March 2013
• Authors: Jun Huang, Xiao Jing Lv, Mi Ouyang, Bin Hu, Cheng Zhang
• Keywords: Aqueous Solution, Nanotubes, Optical Property, Zinc Oxide (ZnO)

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