Zinc oxide (ZnO) thin films were prepared by modified Successive Ionic Layer Adsorption and Reaction (SILAR) method. The optical, structural and antibacterial properties of the prepared ZnO films were analyzed as a function of its annealing temperature lying in the range of 250oC to 450oC. Optical properties were studied using UV-Visible spectroscopy and Photoluminescence spectroscopy (PLS). Op...

Microstructured single- and double-layered sensor devices based on p-type hydrogen-terminated nanocrystalline diamond (NCD) films and/or n-type ZnO nanorods (NRs) have been obtained via a facile microwave-plasma-enhanced chemical vapour deposition process or a hydrothermal growth procedure. The morphology and crystal structure of the synthesized materials was analysed with scanning electron mic...

The low-temperature fabrication of flexible ZnO photo-anodes for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) by templated electrochemical deposition of films was performed in an enlarged and technical simplified deposition setup to demonstrate the feasibility of the scale-up of the deposition process. After extraction of eosin Y (EY) from the initially deposited ZnO/EY hybrid films, mesoporous ZnO films...

Al-doped ZnO thin films were prepared on the (0001) sapphire (c-Al2O3) substrates by atomic layer deposition (ALD) using alternating pulses of Zn(C2H5)2, Al(CH3)3 and H2O precursors and post-deposition high-temperature annealing. Photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy showed that the threshold of stimulated emission decreases with increasing Al concentration, from 49.2 kW/cm of the ZnO film to 12....

The photocatalytic activity and stability of thin, polycrystalline ZnO films was studied. The oxidative degradation of organic compounds at the ZnO surface results from the ultraviolet (UV) photo-induced creation of highly oxidizing holes and reducing electrons, which combine with surface water to form hydroxyl radicals and reactive oxygen species. Therefore, the efficiency of the electron-hole...

Purpose and Background: In recent years, the application of zinc oxide (ZnO) thin films as an active channel layer in TFTs has become of great interest owing to their specific characteristics. ZnO is transparent in the visible wavelengths region because of its wide band gap (~3.37eV), and the ability to fabricate good quality films over large areas at low temperature suggests the compatibility ...

A detailed study has been presented of optical, electrical, structural and magnetic properties of Zn1–xCoxO (0 < x ≤ 0.25) films co-doped with 1 at. % of Al. The polycrystalline films have been synthesized on Corning glass 7059 substrates by the sol-gel technique using spin coating. Highly preferential c-axis oriented films have been obtained at the annealing temperature of 600 °C. The lattice ...

ZnO nanorods with different sizes and shapes have been successfully synthesized via a simple hydrothermal route, using zinc acetate and Cetyltriammonium bromide (CTAB) as the reactants. The thick films of as prepared ZnO were prepared by screen-printing technique in desired pattern. The films are characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission elect...

The photogeneration and decay of charge carriers in blend films of ZnO nanoparticles (diameter 5 nm) and poly[2-methoxy-5-(3',7'-dimethyloctyloxy)-1,4-phenylenevinylene] (MDMO-PPV) or poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) were studied by means of microwave-photoconductance measurements. Excitation of the polymer in the visible spectrum was found to lead to a transient photoconductance due to dissociati...

We report the synthesis of colloidal Mn(2+)-doped ZnO (Mn(2+):ZnO) quantum dots and the preparation of room-temperature ferromagnetic nanocrystalline thin films. Mn(2+):ZnO nanocrystals were prepared by a hydrolysis and condensation reaction in DMSO under atmospheric conditions. Synthesis was monitored by electronic absorption and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopies. Zn(OAc)(2)...