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SUPERLATTICES AND MICROSTRUCTURES
Volume 83, Issue -, Pages 71-77Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.spmi.2015.01.009
Keywords
ZnO nanowire; Vacuum annealing; Graphitic carbon; Photoluminescence; Photocatalytic activity
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Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51472205, 51302218, 51172186]
- Natural Science Basic Research Plan in Shaanxi Province of China [2013JQ6019]
- Graduate Starting Seed Fund of Northwestern Polytechnical University [Z2014177]
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ZnO nanowires were synthesized via a low-temperature (90 degrees C) hydrothermal route on glass substrates pre-deposited with a ZnO seed layer. The influence of different annealing ambient conditions (air or vacuum) on the structure, photoluminescence and photocatalytic activity of ZnO nanowires was investigated by Raman spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, photoluminescence (PL) and photochemical reactions etc. It was found that there existed graphitic carbons on the surfaces of ZnO nanowires after vacuum annealing. The PL intensity of ZnO nanowires with the graphitic carbons was significantly reduced while the photocatalytic activity was enhanced, indicating that the graphitic carbons could decrease the recombination probability of photo-induced carriers. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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