Photoluminescence Emission and Structure Study in ZnO Nanorods

Scanning electronic miscroscopy (SEM), X ray diffraction (XRD) and photoluminescence (PL) have been applied to the study of structural and optical properties of ZnO nanocrystals prepared by the ultrasonic spray pyrolysis (USP) at different temperatures. The variation of temperatures and times at the...

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Autores: Erick Velázquez-Lozada, Juan M. Quino-Cerdan
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:México
Institución:Instituto Politécnico Nacional
Repositorio:Redalyc-IPN
OAI Identifier:oai:redalyc.org:61436207004
Acceso en línea:https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=61436207004
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Ingeniería
ZnO:Ag
Nanorods
Nanocrystals
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Sumario:Scanning electronic miscroscopy (SEM), X ray diffraction (XRD) and photoluminescence (PL) have been applied to the study of structural and optical properties of ZnO nanocrystals prepared by the ultrasonic spray pyrolysis (USP) at different temperatures. The variation of temperatures and times at the growth of ZnO films permits modifying the ZnO phase from the amorphous to crystalline, to change the size of ZnO nanocrystals (NCs), as well as to vary their photoluminescence spectra. The study has revealed three types of PL bands in ZnO NCs: defect related emission, the near-band-edge (NBE) PL, related to the LO phonon replica of free exciton (FE) recombination, and its second-order diffraction peaks. The PL bands, related to the LO phonon replica of FE, and its second- order diffraction in the room temperature Pl spectrum testify on the high quality of ZnO films prepared by the USP technology.