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Optical Properties of Porous ZnO Nanorods Grown by Aqueous Solution Method

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Sang Hyun Lee ,
Hyun Jung Lee ,
Takenari Goto ,
Meoung-Whan Cho  and
Takafumi Yao
Sang Hyun Lee
Affiliation:
shlee@cir.tohoku.ac.jp, Tohoku Univ., Applied Physics, Center for Interdisciplinary Research, Tohoku University6-3, Aramaki, Aobaku, Sendai, 980-8578, Japan, +81-22-795-4404
Hyun Jung Lee
Affiliation:
lhjc@bioinfo.che.tohoku.ac.jp, Tohoku Univ., Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Tohoku University, 07 Aramaki-Aoba, Aoba-Ku, Sendai, 980-8579, Japan
Takenari Goto
Affiliation:
t-goto@cir.tohoku.ac.jp, Tohoku Univ., Center for Interdisciplinary Research, Tohoku University6-3, Aramaki, Aobaku, Sendai, 980-8578, Japan
Meoung-Whan Cho
Affiliation:
mwcho@cir.tohoku.ac.jp, Tohoku Univ., Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Katahira 2-1-1, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8577, Japan
Takafumi Yao
Affiliation:
yao@cir.tohoku.ac.jp, Tohoku Univ., Center for Interdisciplinary Research, Tohoku University6-3, Aramaki, Aobaku, Sendai, 980-8578, Japan
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Abstract

ZnO nanorods were synthesized by chemical solution method at low temperature. The surface of nanorods was changed to porous by using thermal annealing and chemical etching. Surface morphology and their optical properties were changed according to annealing and etching condition. Photoluminescence from as-grown ZnO nanorods almost showed defect related emission in wide range from 450∼900 nm. After annealing at 500°C, the band-edge emission of ZnO was observed and emission at visible range was changed to green with decreasing red-orange. The surface morphology of ZnO nanorods was transformed to porous by chemical etching and it led to increase the intensity of band-edge emission about three times. The internal quantum efficiency for porous ZnO nanorods, which was calculated from ratio PL intensity at 10K and 300K, is about 21%. Also, the random lasing at porous ZnO nanorods was occurred at high optical excitation by a photon with traveling inside or outside of porous ZnO nanorod gets amplified by injection second photon before leaving porous ZnO nanorods.

Keywords

nanostructureporosityoptical properties
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Research Article
Information
MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 957: Symposium K – Zinc Oxide and Related Materials , 2006 , 0957-K10-12
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2007

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