• Applied Science and Convergence Technology
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• v.27 no.2
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• pp.38-41
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• 2018

We demonstrate the growth of a sheet-like ZnO membrane on ZnO nano rod layers. The growth process is composed of 3 steps of ZnO seed formation, ZnO nano rod growth and sheet-like ZnO membrane formation on those nano rods. To confirm the fundamental growth mechanism, the lattice structures of each step were analyzed by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscope (SEM) measurement. Analysis of the relation between the texture coefficient and the surface shape of the ZnO membrane on the ZnO nano rods shows that the surface morphology of ZnO nano structures can be controlled using the temperature of the growing solution and the concentration of the chemical solution.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Surface Engineering Conference
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• 2013.05a
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• pp.207-207
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• 2013

증착온도 $700^{\circ}C$, 산소분압30mTorr에서 c-plane 사파이어 기판위에 PLD를 이용하여 ZnO nano-rod를 합성하였다. 거리가 멀어질수록 rod의 직경과 증착율이 감소하는 것을 확인 하였다. 이는 ablated particle이 가진 kinetic energy가 감소되고, cluster ion의 형성으로 인해 고온에서 rod가 형성될 수 있는 것으로 이해된다. 고진공에서는 kinetic energy가 감소되기 어렵기 때문에 nano-rod shape 형성은 불가능 할 것이며, ZnO와 같은 wurtzite 구조를 가진 물질의 타겟을 사용하여 cluster 형성 분위기에서 증착한다면 비슷한 경향을 나타낼 것으로 예상된다.

• Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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• 2003.11a
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• pp.59-59
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• 2003

ZnO는 상온에서 3.37 eV의 넓은 밴드갭을 가지는 직접천이형 반도체이다. 상온에서 60 meV의 큰 엑시톤 결합에너지를 가짐으로 인해 엑시톤 재결합에 의한 강한 UV 레이저 발진효과를 기대할 수 있다. 이러한 장점을 갖는 ZnO 박막을 이용하여 광소자 등에 응용하기 위하여 양질의 ZnO 박막성장이 필수적이며, 이를 위해 MBE, MOCVD, PLD, rf magnetron sputtering 등 다양한 증착방법을 통한 연구결과가 보고되고 있다. 또한 p형 불순물인 As과 N 도핑 및 Ga과 N의 co-doping 방법 등을 통하여 p형 ZnO 박막을 제조하였음이 보고되고 있으나 재현성 문제 등으로 인해 계속적인 연구가 진행되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 MOCVD를 이용하여 A1$_2$O$_3$(0001) 기판 위에 ZnO 박막을 성장시켰다. Zn 전구체로 DEZn을 사용하였으며, 산소 source로 $O_2$를 사용하였다. 증착온도, Ⅵ/II 비율, 반응기 압력 등 MOCVD의 중요한 공정변수들의 체계적인 변화에 따른 박막성장 양상을 조사하였다. 증착 조건에 따라 ZnO 입자의 모양이 주상(column), nano-rod, nano-needle, nano-wire 등으로 급격하게 변화됨을 확인하였으며, 이러한 입자의 모양과 결정성장 방향 및 광학적 특성과의 상관관계의 해석을 시도하였다.

• Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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• v.8 no.5
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• pp.191-195
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• 2007

We investigated photoluminescence characteristics of ZnO nano needle-like rods grown on a c-plane $AL_2O_3$ substrate by the hot wall epitaxy method. The nano-rods were vertically well aligned along the ZnO c-axis. The diameters of the ZnO nano-rods ranged from 20 nm to 30 nm and their lengths were between 600 and 700 nm. In the photoluminescence spectrum at 10 K, the exciton emission bound to the neutral donor dominated while defect related emission was weakly observed. With a further increase of temperature, the free exciton emission appeared and eventually became dominant at room temperature.

• Journal of Surface Science and Engineering
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• v.49 no.5
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• pp.472-476
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• 2016

The nano-array of the vertically aligned rod-like particles grown on ZnO coated glass-substrates was obtained via hydrothermal process. ZnO thin film coatings were prepared on the glass substrates using a MOD (metallorganic deposition) dip-coating method with zinc chloride dihydrate as starting material and 2-ethylhexanol as solvent. ZnO nanorods were synthesized on the seeded substrates by hydrothermal method at $80^{\circ}C$ using zinc-nitrate hexahydrate as a Zn source and sodium hydroxide as a mineralizer. Under the hydrothermal condition, the rod-like nanocrystals were easily attaching on the already ZnO seeded (coated) glass surface. It has been shown that the hydrothermal synthesis parameters are key factors in the nucleation and growth of ZnO crystallites. By controlling of hydrothermal parameters, the ZnO particulate morphology could be easily tailored. Rod-shaped ZnO arrays on the glass substrates consisted of elongated crystals having 6-fold symmetry were predominantly developed at high Zn precursor concentration in the pH range 7~11.

• Korean Journal of Metals and Materials
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• v.48 no.9
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• pp.861-866
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• 2010

Tetrapod-shaped ZnO crystals were synthesized through a simple oxidation of metallic Zn powder in air without the presence of any catalysts or substrates. X-ray diffraction data revealed that the ZnO crystals had wurtzite structure. It is supposed that the growth of the tetrapod proceeded in a vapor-solid growth mechanism. As the amount of the source powder increased, the size of the tetrapod decreased. The tip morphology of the tetrapod changed from a needle-like shape to a spherical shape with the oxidation time. ZnO crystals with rod shape were fabricated via the oxidation of Zn and Sn mixture. Sn played an important role in the formation of ZnO crystals with different morphology by affecting the growth mode of ZnO crystals. The cathodoluminescent properties were measured for the samples. The strongest green emission was observed for the rod-shaped ZnO crystals, suggesting that the crystals had the high density of oxygen vacancies.

• Advances in nano research
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.59-70
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• 2013

ZnO nanostructures of rod-like, faceted bar, cup-end bars, and spindle shaped morphologies could be grown by a low power ultrasonic synthesis process. pH of the reaction mixture seems to plays an important role for defining the final morphology of ZnO nanostructures. While the solution pH as low as 7 produces long, uniform rod-like nanostructures of mixed phase (ZnO and $Zn(OH)_2$), higher pH of the reaction mixture produces ZnO nanostructures of different morphologies in pure hexagonal wurtzite phase. pH of the reaction as high as 10 produces bar shaped uniform nanostructures with lower specific surface area and lower surface and lattice defects, reducing the defect emissions of ZnO in the visible region of their photoluminescence spectra.

• Korean Journal of Metals and Materials
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• v.50 no.8
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• pp.605-611
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• 2012

ZnO nanostructures were grown on R-plane sapphire substrates with seed layers annealed at different temperatures ranging from 600 to $800^{\circ}C$. The properties of the ZnO nanostructures were investigated by scanning electron microscopy, high-resolution X-ray diffraction, UV-visible spectrophotometer, and photoluminescence. For the as-prepared seed layers, ZnO nanorods and ZnO nanosheets were observed. However, only ZnO nanorods were grown when the annealing temperature was above $700^{\circ}C$. The crystal qualities of the ZnO nanostructures were enhanced when the seed layers were annealed at $700^{\circ}C$. In addition, the full width at half maximum (FWHM) of near-band-edge emission (NBE) peak was decreased from 139 to 129 meV by increasing the annealing temperature to $700^{\circ}C$. However, the FWHM was slightly increased again by a further increase in the annealing temperature. Optical transmittance in the UV region was almost zero, while that in the visible region was gradually increased as the annealing temperature increased to $700^{\circ}C$. The optical band gap of the ZnO nanostructures was increased as the annealing temperature increased to $700^{\circ}C$. It is found that the optical properties as well as the structural properties of the rod-shaped ZnO nanostructures grown on R-plane sapphire substrates by hydrothermal method are improved when the seed layers are annealed at $700^{\circ}C$.

• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.31 no.9
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• pp.481-487
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• 2021

ZnO particles are successfully synthesized at 150 ℃ for 30 min using zinc acetate as the Zn source and 1,4-butanediol as solvent using a relatively facile and convenient glycol process. The effect of ammonium hydroxide amounts on the growth behavior and the morphological evolution of ZnO particles are investigated. The prepared ZnO nanoparticle with hexagonal structure exhibits a quasi-spherical shape with an average crystallite size of approximately 30 nm. It is also demonstrated that the morphology of ZnO particles can be controlled by 1,4-butanediol with an additive of ammonium hydroxide. The morphologies of ZnO particles are changed sequentially from a quasi-spherical shape to a rod-like shape and a hexagonal rod shape with a truncated pyramidal tip, exhibiting preferential growth along the [001] direction with increasing ammonium hydroxide amounts. It is demonstrated that much higher OH^- amounts can produce a nano-tip shape grown along the [001] direction at the corners and center of the (001) top polar plane, and a flat hexagonal symmetry shape of the bottom polar plane on ZnO hexagonal prisms. The results indicate that the presence of NH⁴⁺ and OH^- ions in the solution greatly affects the growth behaviors of ZnO particles. A sharp near-band-edge (NBE) emission peak centered at 383 nm in the UV region and a weak broad peak in the visible region between 450 nm and 700 nm are shown in the PL spectra of the ZnO synthesized using the glycol process, regardless of adding ammonium hydroxide. Although the broad peak of the deep-level-emission (DLE) increases with the addition of ammonium hydroxide, it is suggested that the prominent NBE emission peaks indicate that ZnO nanoparticles with good crystallization are obtained under these conditions.

• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.21 no.12
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• pp.697-702
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• 2011

Two-dimensional (2D) nano patterns including a two-dimensional Bravais lattice were fabricated by laser interference lithography using a two step exposure process. After the first exposure, the substrate itself was rotated by a certain angle, $90^{\circ}$ for a square or rectangular lattice, $75^{\circ}$ for an oblique lattice, and $60^{\circ}$ for a hexagonal lattice, and the $90^{\circ}$ and laser incident angle changed for rectangular and the $45^{\circ}$ and laser incident angle changed for a centered rectangular; we then carried out a second exposure process to form 2D bravais lattices. The band structure of five different 2D nano patterns was simulated by a beam propagation program. The presence of the band-gap effect was shown in an oblique and hexagonal structure. The oblique latticed ZnO nano-photonic crystal array had a pseudo-bandgap at a frequency of 0.337-0.375, 0.575-0.596 and 0.858-0.870. The hexagonal latticed ZnO nano-crystallite array had a pseudo-bandgap at a frequency of 0.335-0.384 and 0.585-0.645. The ZnO nano structure with an oblique and hexagonal structure was grown through the patterned opening window area by a hydrothermal method. The morphology of 2D nano patterns and ZnO nano structures were investigated by atomic force microscopy and scanning electron microscopy. The diameter of the opening window was approximately 250 nm. The height and width of ZnO nano-photonic crystals were 380 nm and 250 nm, respectively.