To deal with the problem that ZnO nanowire films show poor controllability and reproduction quality when they are used in nano-electronic and nano-photoelectronic devices
ZnO seeds are used as guide layers to achieve vertical oriented growth and controllable diameter distribution preparation. The influence of the low dimensional quantum confined effects to photoelectronic properties is studied. ZnO seed layer is fabricated by the wet chemistry method
and then ZnO nanowire membrane is generated on indium tin oxide glass substrate with low temperature hydrothermal process. It is found from the scanning electron microscope(SEM)analysis and X-ray diffraction spectra that diameters of ZnO nanowires can be tuned within the range of 10 to 100 nm by adjusting annealing temperature of ZnO seeds and concentration of growth solution
and that the size distribution of the ZnO nanowires is affected by the annealing temperature for ZnO seeds tremendously. It is also found from the measured photoluminescence(PL)spectra at room temperature that the band-edge emission peaks of samples with nanowires' diameter less than 20 nm exhibit considerable blue shift and reduction of peak width at half height compared with other samples. Quantum confined effects theory is used to explain the relativity between the diameter distribution of nanowires and their PL spectra properties.
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