Journal
NANOMATERIALS
Volume 9, Issue 10, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/nano9101405
Keywords
metal oxide nanostructures; plasma-enhanced thermal oxidation; growth mechanism; material characterization; nanostructure growth modelling
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- Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Committee [JCYJ20170306141238532]
- Slovenian Research Agency (ARRS) [L2-7667, P2-0082]
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To unravel the influence of the temperature and plasma species on the growth of single-crystalline metal oxide nanostructures, zinc, iron, and copper foils were used as substrates for the study of nanostructure synthesis in the glow discharge of the mixture of oxygen and argon gases by a custom-made plasma-enhanced horizontal tube furnace deposition system. The morphology and microstructure of the resulting metal oxide nanomaterials were controlled by changing the reaction temperature from 300 to 600 degrees C. Experimentally, we confirmed that single-crystalline zinc oxide, copper oxide, and iron oxide nanostructures with tunable morphologies (including nanowires, nanobelts, etc.) can be successfully synthesized via such procedure. A plausible growth mechanism for the synthesis of metal oxide nanostructures under the plasma-based process is proposed and supported by the nanostructure growth modelling. The results of this work are generic, confirmed on three different types of materials, and can be applied for the synthesis of a broader range of metal oxide nanostructures.
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