Polarity in ZnO nanowires: A critical issue for piezotronic and piezoelectric devices

V Consonni, AM Lord - Nano Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
The polar and piezoelectric nature of the wurtzite structure of ZnO nanowires with a high
aspect ratio at nanoscale dimensions is of high interest for piezotronic and piezoelectric …

Inkjet-printed optoelectronics

Z Zhan, J An, Y Wei, H Du - Nanoscale, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Inkjet printing is a powerful and cost-effective technique for deposition of liquid inks with high
accuracy, which is not only of great significance for graphic applications but also has …

Effect of pH on crystal size and photoluminescence property of ZnO nanoparticles prepared by chemical precipitation method

M Jay Chithra, M Sathya, K Pushpanathan - Acta Metallurgica Sinica …, 2015 - Springer
The effects of pH value on crystal size and optical property of zinc oxide nanoparticles
prepared by chemical precipitation method were investigated. Prepared samples have been …

Formation of polar surfaces in microstructured ZnO by do** with Cu and applications in photocatalysis using visible light

RC Pawar, DH Choi, JS Lee, CS Lee - Materials Chemistry and Physics, 2015 - Elsevier
We report the synthesis of copper-doped zinc oxide microstructures with a large amount of
polar surfaces using a single-step facile chemical method by collecting powders of zinc …

Surface passivation effect on the photoluminescence of ZnO nanorods

C Chen, H He, Y Lu, K Wu, Z Ye - ACS applied materials & …, 2013 - ACS Publications
We report an investigation of the impact of surface passivation on the optical properties of
ZnO nanorods. Al2O3 coating and hydrogen plasma treatment were used to passivate the …

Zinc vacancy–hydrogen complexes as major defects in ZnO nanowires grown by chemical bath deposition

J Villafuerte, F Donatini, J Kioseoglou… - The Journal of …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Crystal defects in unintentionally doped ZnO nanowires grown by chemical bath deposition
(CBD) play a capital role in their optical and electrical properties, governing the …

Catalyst-Free, Selective Growth of ZnO Nanowires on SiO2 by Chemical Vapor Deposition for Transfer-Free Fabrication of UV Photodetectors

L Xu, X Li, Z Zhan, L Wang, S Feng… - … applied materials & …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Catalyst-free, selective growth of ZnO nanowires directly on the commonly used dielectric
SiO2 layer is of both scientific significance and application importance, yet it is still a …

Hydrogen-incorporated ZnO nanowire films: Stable and high electrical conductivity

A Kushwaha, M Aslam - Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
Post-growth hydrogen annealing treatment of highly oriented ZnO nanowire (NW) films
(ZnO: H) results in high electrical conductivity (3.7× 10 3 S m− 1) and fully suppressed defect …

Approaches to enhance UV light emission in ZnO nanomaterials

M Norek - Current Applied Physics, 2019 - Elsevier
Zinc oxide (ZnO) has been regarded as one of the most promising candidate for efficient UV
light emitted devices owing to its unique optical properties, such as direct wide band-gap …

Engineering nitrogen-and hydrogen-related defects in ZnO nanowires using thermal annealing

J Villafuerte, O Chaix-Pluchery, J Kioseoglou… - Physical Review …, 2021 - APS
The chemical bath deposition (CBD) of ZnO nanowires (NWs) is of high interest, but their
formation occurs in a growth medium containing many impurities including carbon, nitrogen …