Journal
MATERIALS LETTERS
Volume 64, Issue 14, Pages 1595-1597Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2010.04.033
Keywords
Microstructure; Semiconductors; Luminescence; Ag/ZnO
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [20805025]
- Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province [ZR2009BL018]
- Foundation for Excellent Young and Middle Aged Scientist [2007BS04029]
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In this paper, we developed a facile low-temperature solution route to prepare radical-shaped ZnO microprisms and to deposit metal silver on the surface of ZnO to form Ag/ZnO microstructures. The samples were characterized using X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy. Experimental results show that the deposition of metal Ag nanospecies can be achieved successfully by simply aging the solution at 75 degrees C, and the radical-shaped microstructures of ZnO are well maintained. The Ag/ZnO microstructures exhibit much lower PL emission intensity and much higher photocatalytic activity than those of radical-shaped ZnO microprisms. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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