Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5403021 | Journal of Luminescence | 2009 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
ZnO nanobelts had been synthesized by a simple method of thermal evaporation of Zn powders. The morphology, structure and photoluminescence (PL) properties of ZnO nanobelts were studied. The nanobelts had a single-crystal hexagonal structure and grew along the (0Â 0Â 0Â 1) direction with several micrometers long, 50-400Â nm wide and 30-100Â nm thick. Photoluminescence measurement showed that the nanobelts had an intensive near-band ultraviolet emission at about 3.3Â eV. The obtained experimental data suggest that the ultraviolet PL in ZnO nanobelts originates from the recombination of the acceptor-bound excitons and free extions at room temperature. The absence of the deep level emission indicated very low impurity concentration and high crystalline quality in the ZnO nanobelts. Large-area growth and high quality indicate that the prepared ZnO nanobelts have potential application in optoelectronic devices.
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Authors
S.J. Chen, G.R. Wang, Y.C. Liu,