Effect of Ti and Au buffer layers on controlling the density and wettability of well-aligned ZnO nanorod arrays grown on different substrates.

ABSTRACT: ZnO nanorod arrays (NRAs) have potential applications as building blocks for nanoscale electronic, optoelectronic, and sensing applications. The density of ZnO NRAs is controlled by a simple low-cost hydrothermal growth process. It is shown that Ti and Au thin buffer layers can be used to control ZnO NRA density up to an order of magnitude on a wide variety of substrates including bare glass AZO, ZnO seeded AZO, FTO and ITO substrates, respectively. We investigate surface morphological, structural and optical properties of ZnO NRAs by field emission scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, Raman, and photoluminescence spectroscopy measurements, respectively. To highlight the importance of NRA density, wettability measurements show large dependence

SUBMITTER: Kamruzzaman M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10334411 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature