TY - JOUR
T1 - Emission variety in ZnO nanocrystals obtained at different growth temperatures
AU - Velázquez Lozada, Erick
AU - Castañeda, Luis
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2013 Materials Research Society.
PY - 2013/11/18
Y1 - 2013/11/18
N2 - Scanning electronic microscopy, X ray diffraction and photoluminescence have been applied to the study of structural and optical properties of ZnO nanocrystals prepared by the ultrasonic spray pyrolysis at different temperatures. The variation of temperatures and times at the growth of ZnO films permits modifying the ZnO phase from the amorphous to crystalline, to change the size of ZnO nanocrystals, as well as to vary their photoluminescence spectra. The study has revealed three types of PL bands in ZnO NCs: defect related emission in visible spectral range, the near-band-edge PL, related to the LO phonon replica of free exciton recombination, and IR emission that, apparently, is the second-order diffraction peaks of near band edge PL. The PL bands, related to the LO phonon replica of free exciton, in room temperature Pl spectrum testify on the high quality of ZnO films prepared by the ultrasonic spray pyrolysis technology.
AB - Scanning electronic microscopy, X ray diffraction and photoluminescence have been applied to the study of structural and optical properties of ZnO nanocrystals prepared by the ultrasonic spray pyrolysis at different temperatures. The variation of temperatures and times at the growth of ZnO films permits modifying the ZnO phase from the amorphous to crystalline, to change the size of ZnO nanocrystals, as well as to vary their photoluminescence spectra. The study has revealed three types of PL bands in ZnO NCs: defect related emission in visible spectral range, the near-band-edge PL, related to the LO phonon replica of free exciton recombination, and IR emission that, apparently, is the second-order diffraction peaks of near band edge PL. The PL bands, related to the LO phonon replica of free exciton, in room temperature Pl spectrum testify on the high quality of ZnO films prepared by the ultrasonic spray pyrolysis technology.
KW - luminescence
KW - nanostructure
KW - sol-gel
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U2 - 10.1557/opl.2013.314
DO - 10.1557/opl.2013.314
M3 - Artículo
AN - SCOPUS:84910602995
SN - 1751-7311
VL - 1534
SP - A159-A164
JO - Animal
JF - Animal
IS - 1
ER -