Abstract
In this paper, we report, spike-like ZnO nanostructures synthesized by hydrothermal process. The spike-like ZnO nanostructures with distinguishing feature with tip, suggest possible interesting optical and electrical properties of this novel nanostructure. The spike-like ZnO nanostructures were hexagonal and single crystal in nature. It is found that the Electroluminescence ( EL ) emission intensity B depend on the applied voltage, B =B0 exp (-b/√V) and frequency 1/B =1/α + β/f. It is interesting for nanostructured based device that EL brightness increases linearly with applied voltage and frequency.
Keywords
Nanostructures, Hydrothermal method, ZnO, Semiconducing II-VI material, Electrical properties, Optical properties.
Citation
R. S. YADAV, R. K. SRIVASTAVA, M. KUMAR, A. C. PANDEY, S. G. PRAKASH, Hydrothermal synthesis and optoelectronic properties of spike-like ZnO nanostructures, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 4, 5, May 2010, pp.689-692 (2010).
Submitted at: April 26, 2010
Accepted at: May 20, 2010