TY - GEN
T1 - Optimizing the nanostructural characteristics of chemical bath deposition derived ZnO nanorods by post-hydrothermal treatments
AU - Yuwono, Akhmad Herman
AU - Sholehah, Amalia
AU - Harjanto., Sri
AU - Dhaneswara, Donanta
AU - Maulidiah, Fajrika
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Zinc oxide (ZnO) is an inorganic semiconductor material which has been widely studied due to its various potential applications. Over the past decades, one-dimensional (1-D) nanostructures such as nanowires and nanorods have stimulated significant scientific interests because of their unique properties in comparison to bulk materials. For the application of dye sensitized solar cell (DSSC), 1-D ZnO nanostructures are more desired than the spherical nanoparticles since the former provides ballistic effect leading to faster electron transfer which in turn can increase the device performance. Motivated by this consideration, in the current study ZnO nanorods were deposited on ITO glass substrate via chemical bath deposition (CBD) process where the seeding solution was prepared at 0°C. In order to increase their crystallinity and optical properties, the as-deposited ZnO nanorods were subjected to post-hydrothermal treatment at 150°C for 3, 6 and 9 hours. The scanning electron microscope (SEM) analysis revealed that the ZnO nanorods were successfully grown as vertically-aligned hexagonal structure, while the X-ray diffraction (XRD) study showed that the intensity of (002) crystal plane is the highest peak for all nanorod samples. The optical study by UV-Vis spectroscopy showed that the absorption edge of the as-deposited sample was slightly red-shifted to visible region after post-hydrothermal treatment. The ZnO nanorods sample derived from post-hydrothermal treatment for 6 hours provided the optimum nanostructural characteristics with an average diameter of 228 nm, crystallite size of 27.97 nm and the band gap energy, Eg, of 3.12 eV.
AB - Zinc oxide (ZnO) is an inorganic semiconductor material which has been widely studied due to its various potential applications. Over the past decades, one-dimensional (1-D) nanostructures such as nanowires and nanorods have stimulated significant scientific interests because of their unique properties in comparison to bulk materials. For the application of dye sensitized solar cell (DSSC), 1-D ZnO nanostructures are more desired than the spherical nanoparticles since the former provides ballistic effect leading to faster electron transfer which in turn can increase the device performance. Motivated by this consideration, in the current study ZnO nanorods were deposited on ITO glass substrate via chemical bath deposition (CBD) process where the seeding solution was prepared at 0°C. In order to increase their crystallinity and optical properties, the as-deposited ZnO nanorods were subjected to post-hydrothermal treatment at 150°C for 3, 6 and 9 hours. The scanning electron microscope (SEM) analysis revealed that the ZnO nanorods were successfully grown as vertically-aligned hexagonal structure, while the X-ray diffraction (XRD) study showed that the intensity of (002) crystal plane is the highest peak for all nanorod samples. The optical study by UV-Vis spectroscopy showed that the absorption edge of the as-deposited sample was slightly red-shifted to visible region after post-hydrothermal treatment. The ZnO nanorods sample derived from post-hydrothermal treatment for 6 hours provided the optimum nanostructural characteristics with an average diameter of 228 nm, crystallite size of 27.97 nm and the band gap energy, Eg, of 3.12 eV.
KW - Chemical bath deposition
KW - Low temperature seeding solution
KW - Posthydrothermal treatment
KW - ZnO nanorods
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84886257712&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.789.132
DO - 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.789.132
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84886257712
SN - 9783037857571
T3 - Advanced Materials Research
SP - 132
EP - 137
BT - Advances in Materials, Processing and Manufacturing
T2 - 13th International Conference on Quality in Research, QiR 2013
Y2 - 25 June 2013 through 28 June 2013
ER -