Solution growth and optical property of ZnS/ZnO microspheres

Author

Weina Jia ; Boxiang Jia ; Huiming Lin ; Fengyu Qu ; Xiang Wu ; Jingjie Jiang

Author_Institution

Key Lab. of Design & Synthesis of Functional Mater. & Green Catalysis, Harbin Normal Univ., Harbin, China

Volume

6

Issue

8

fYear

2011

fDate

8/1/2011 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

633

Lastpage

635

Abstract

Reported is a facile hydrothermal route for the production of ZnS/ZnO heterogeneous core-shell microspheres without the addition of any surfactants or templates. The microstructures and optical properties of the as-synthesised products were analysed by X-ray diffraction, a scanning electron microscope, and photoluminescence (PL) measurements. The as-obtained ZnS/ZnO microspheres have average diameters of about 2 m. The effect of growth parameters on the morphologies is discussed in detail. A possible growth mechanism is proposed based on experimental results. A PL spectrum of the as-obtained product showed a strong ultraviolet emission peak and a large shoulder peak with wide range.

Keywords

II-VI semiconductors; X-ray diffraction; crystal growth from solution; crystal microstructure; photoluminescence; scanning electron microscopy; semiconductor growth; wide band gap semiconductors; zinc compounds; X-ray diffraction; ZnS-ZnO; heterogeneous core-shell microspheres; hydrothermal route; microstructure; optical properties; photoluminescence; scanning electron microscopy; solution growth; surfactants; templates; ultraviolet emission peak;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Micro & Nano Letters, IET

Publisher

iet

ISSN

1750-0443

Type

jour

DOI

10.1049/mnl.2011.0289

Filename

6013002