One-dimensional (1D) undoped and Cr doped ZnO nanorods with average length of 1 µm and diameter of 80 nm were synthesized using hydrothermal method where a fast growth of ZnO nanorods on the seed layer was observed. Afterwards, the effects of Cr dopant on structural, surface morphology and optical properties of nanorods were studied using X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (S...

Integrating polymers with inorganic nanostructures is difficult due to wetting and surface energy considerations. In this paper, we developed an electropolymerization method to grow conformal polymers on high aspect ratio nanostructures. Our method is shown to improve the polymer filling rate inside the nanostructures and can be used in the development of efficient hybrid solar cells. As an exa...

The diameter of well-aligned ZnO nanorod arrays (ZNAs) grown on Si substrates has been well controlled from 150nm to 40nm by two-step chemical bath deposition method (CBD), i.e. substrate pretreatment with spin coating to form ZnO nanoparticles seed layer and CBD growth. The effects of ZnO nanoparticles density and diameter on size and alignment of ZNAs were investigated in detail by atomic for...

Vertically aligned TiO2 nanotubes have been fabricated on the indium-doped tin oxide (ITO) by a simple and versatile technique using the lectrochemically deposited ZnO nanorods, oriented along the c-axis, as a template in the spin-on based sol–gel reaction of a Ti precursor. The iameter, length, and shape of TiO2 nanotubes were controlled by changing the initial ZnO nanorod template and the spi...

We employ a ZnO nanorod/Si(3)N(4)-coated Si microgroove-based hierarchical structure (HS) for a light-harvesting scheme in 5 inch single crystalline Si solar cells. ZnO nanorods and Si microgrooves were fabricated by a simple and scalable aqueous process. The excellent light-harvesting characteristics of the HS, such as broadband working ranges and omnidirectionality have been demonstrated usin...

The main aim of the present study was to investigate effect microwave irradiation time on photocatalytic and physiological comfort characteristics zinc-oxide-nanorod-coated cotton fabrics. An ultra-fast technique employed grow zinc oxide nanorods fabrics using a microwave-assisted hydrothermal method. axial (length) lateral (diameter) growth observed increase with time. ZnO uniformly entirely c...