Journal
JOURNAL OF CRYSTAL GROWTH
Volume 311, Issue 16, Pages 3989-3996Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2009.06.028
Keywords
Crystal growth; Polyol forced hydrolysis; Zinc oxide; Luminescence
Funding
- IDB (Islamic Development BANK)
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Zinc oxide monodispersed nanoparticles were synthesized using a modified polyol process without any requirement to use a catalyst or calcination step at high temperature. The morphology and the size of the resulting oxide particles were adjusted by using several synthesis parameters (temperature, alkaline ratio, hydrolysis ratio, etc.). The increasing of the alkaline ratio results in a great change of the elaborated particles morphology that evolved from irregular and anisotropic forms (conical, nanorod-like and elliptical) to spherical one. A growth mechanism of these particles was proposed on the basis of zincite crystal structure and the morphology evolution as a function of the synthesis parameters. The photoluminescence spectra show UV-excitonic and visible emission bands. The strongest intensity of the visible emission was observed in nanorod-like particles, which implies an increased fraction of oxygen vacancies in this sample. The rod-like particles with 1 mu m length show the dominant UV-emission, which evidences their improved stoichiometry. (C) 2009 Published by Elsevier B.V.
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