Preparation and structural characterizations of ZnO nano-columns grown on porous silicon/silicon (PS/ Si (111)) by thermal evaporation
S. M. THAHAB1,*
Affiliation
- Materials Engineering Department, College of Engineering, University of Kufa, 00964-21 Najaf, Iraq
Abstract
We have achieved growth of ZnO nano-columns (NCs) on porous silicon (PS)/Si(111) substrates, using commercial Zn powder by thermal evaporation in an atmosphere. Samples are annealed in wet oxygen and ambient argon gases of argon (Ar) gas. Structural and optical characterizations were performed using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), high resolution X-ray diffraction (HR-XRD) and photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy. The obtained results of ZnO NCs indicated that the ZnO NCs on PS/ Si (111) substrates were of quite well-ordered and of good quality because the lattice mismatch between the ZnO NCs and substrates is small as compared to growth on some other substrates..
Keywords
ZnO, Nanostructures, Porous silicon, Si, PL.
Citation
S. M. THAHAB, Preparation and structural characterizations of ZnO nano-columns grown on porous silicon/silicon (PS/ Si (111)) by thermal evaporation, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 5, 10, October 2011, pp.1107-1110 (2011).
Submitted at: Aug. 20, 2011
Accepted at: Oct. 20, 2011