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Microstructure and Doping/Temperature-Dependent Photoluminescence of ZnO Nanospears Array Prepared by Hydrothermal Method

Al-doped ZnO nanospears were prepared by a hydrothermal method. The crystalline structure and photoluminescence properties of ZnO nanospears were characterized for investigating the effect of Al doping on the properties of ZnO nanospears. ZnO nanospears grow preferentially along the c-axis and have...

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Autores principales: Shi, Shiwei, Wang, Peihong, Cui, Jingbiao, Sun, Zhaoqi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6060199/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30047048
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s11671-018-2622-2
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author Shi, Shiwei
Wang, Peihong
Cui, Jingbiao
Sun, Zhaoqi
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Sun, Zhaoqi
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description Al-doped ZnO nanospears were prepared by a hydrothermal method. The crystalline structure and photoluminescence properties of ZnO nanospears were characterized for investigating the effect of Al doping on the properties of ZnO nanospears. ZnO nanospears grow preferentially along the c-axis and have a fine tip. Al doping reduces the length of ZnO nanospears. In room temperature, photoluminescence spectra of Al-doped ZnO nanospears, a near band edge emission (~3.16 eV), and a violet emission (~2.91 eV) exhibit a strong doping-dependent characteristic and a temperature-independent characteristic, while deep level emission peak shows a temperature-dependent characteristic. In variable temperature, photoluminescence spectra near band edge emission (~3.31 eV) and its fine structures were observed when the measurement temperature is less than 57 K, and it shows an obvious temperature-dependent characteristic. The thermal quenching of this near band edge emission should be attributed to exciton scattering by defects and the presence of a high concentration of defects in Al-doped ZnO nanospears.
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spelling pubmed-60601992018-08-09 Microstructure and Doping/Temperature-Dependent Photoluminescence of ZnO Nanospears Array Prepared by Hydrothermal Method Shi, Shiwei Wang, Peihong Cui, Jingbiao Sun, Zhaoqi Nanoscale Res Lett Nano Express Al-doped ZnO nanospears were prepared by a hydrothermal method. The crystalline structure and photoluminescence properties of ZnO nanospears were characterized for investigating the effect of Al doping on the properties of ZnO nanospears. ZnO nanospears grow preferentially along the c-axis and have a fine tip. Al doping reduces the length of ZnO nanospears. In room temperature, photoluminescence spectra of Al-doped ZnO nanospears, a near band edge emission (~3.16 eV), and a violet emission (~2.91 eV) exhibit a strong doping-dependent characteristic and a temperature-independent characteristic, while deep level emission peak shows a temperature-dependent characteristic. In variable temperature, photoluminescence spectra near band edge emission (~3.31 eV) and its fine structures were observed when the measurement temperature is less than 57 K, and it shows an obvious temperature-dependent characteristic. The thermal quenching of this near band edge emission should be attributed to exciton scattering by defects and the presence of a high concentration of defects in Al-doped ZnO nanospears. Springer US 2018-07-25 /pmc/articles/PMC6060199/ /pubmed/30047048 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s11671-018-2622-2 Text en © The Author(s). 2018 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.
spellingShingle Nano Express
Shi, Shiwei
Wang, Peihong
Cui, Jingbiao
Sun, Zhaoqi
Microstructure and Doping/Temperature-Dependent Photoluminescence of ZnO Nanospears Array Prepared by Hydrothermal Method
title Microstructure and Doping/Temperature-Dependent Photoluminescence of ZnO Nanospears Array Prepared by Hydrothermal Method
title_full Microstructure and Doping/Temperature-Dependent Photoluminescence of ZnO Nanospears Array Prepared by Hydrothermal Method
title_fullStr Microstructure and Doping/Temperature-Dependent Photoluminescence of ZnO Nanospears Array Prepared by Hydrothermal Method
title_full_unstemmed Microstructure and Doping/Temperature-Dependent Photoluminescence of ZnO Nanospears Array Prepared by Hydrothermal Method
title_short Microstructure and Doping/Temperature-Dependent Photoluminescence of ZnO Nanospears Array Prepared by Hydrothermal Method
title_sort microstructure and doping/temperature-dependent photoluminescence of zno nanospears array prepared by hydrothermal method
topic Nano Express
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6060199/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30047048
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s11671-018-2622-2
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