Title :
Well-aligned zinc oxide nanowire arrays for transparent electrode applications
Author :
Kiasari, Nima Mohseni ; Shen, Jun ; Gholamkhass, Bobak ; Soltanian, Saeid ; Servati, Peyman
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Abstract :
Well-aligned single crystalline zinc oxide (ZnO) nanowire (NW) arrays have a significant potential as nanostructured, high-surface-area transparent electrodes for photonics and displays applications. Here, we report synthesis of ZnO NWs with wurtzite structure on silicon dioxide using a catalyst-mediated bottom-up growth process in a conventional chemical vapor deposition tube furnace system. X-ray diffraction pattern and photoluminescence of the NW arrays show a c-axis growth direction and a strong ultra-violet band edge transitions.
Keywords :
II-VI semiconductors; X-ray diffraction; catalysis; chemical vapour deposition; electrodes; nanofabrication; nanophotonics; nanowires; photoluminescence; semiconductor growth; silicon compounds; wide band gap semiconductors; zinc compounds; X-ray diffraction; ZnO-SiO2; c-axis growth direction; catalyst-mediated bottom-up growth; chemical vapor deposition tube furnace system; displays applications; nanostructured high surface area transparent electrodes; photoluminescence; photonics; transparent electrode applications; ultraviolet band edge transitions; well-aligned nanowire arrays; wurtzite structure; Electrodes; Furnaces; Nanoscale devices; Photoluminescence; Substrates; X-ray diffraction; Zinc oxide;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (PHO), 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Arlington, VA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8940-4
DOI :
10.1109/PHO.2011.6110671
