A Cost-efficient Solution-based Process for the Development of ZnO Nanostructures: A Comprehensive Study of the Role of the Seeding Layer Formation Conditions. (2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Makarona, Eleni; Athanassiou, Barbara; Prionistis, Christos; Tegou, Evangelia; Tsamis, Christos
• Is Part Of: Procedia engineering. Volume 120(2015)
• Page Start: 447
• Page End: 450
• Publication Date: 2015
• Subjects: seeding layer -- ZnO nanowires -- hydrothermal growth; Engineering -- Congresses; Engineering -- Periodicals; Engineering; Conference proceedings; Periodicals; 620.005
• DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2015.08.665
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1877-7058

Abstract

Abstract: ZnO has gained great interest in the past few years due to its unique combination of physical properties that can be applied to a plethora of applications that span from sensing devices to piezoelectric energy harvesters, and from optoelectronic devices to multifunctional coatings. Of great interest are the hydrothermal methods for the development of ZnO nanostructures due to their simplicity and very low cost. Despite the multitude of publications, there is still no clear consensus about the important parameters that affect the morphology of the grown nanostructures nor there exists a framework according to which one can tailor the geometrical features of the structures per application requirements. In this work, aided by FE-SEM, FT-IR and XRD we present design rules on how the seeding layer formation parameters can affect the morphological characteristic of the nanostructures grown solely with cost-efficient solution-based methods on Si and Si3 N4 substrates.