Journal of Inorganic Materials

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Preparation of ZnO Nanorods via Surfactant Assisted Hydrothermal Synthesis

CHU De-Wei1,2, ZENG Yu-Ping1, JIANG Dong-Liang1   

  1. 1. Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai
    200050, China;
    2. Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • Received:2005-06-02 Revised:2005-09-13 Published:2006-05-20 Online:2006-05-20

Abstract: By using Zn4CO3(OH)6·H2O as the precursor, cetyltrimethyl ammonium bromide (CTAB) as the surfactant, ZnO nanorods with several nanometer diameters were synthesized. The product was characterized by means of X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscope (TEM) and selected area electron diffraction (SAED). Its room-temperature photoluminescence properties were also studied. The results show that the as-prepared products have high crystallinity
and grow along the 001 direction, combining with good near UV emission properties. The mechanism for the ZnO nanorod growth was also discussed.

Key words: zinc oxide, nanorods, hydrothermal

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