ZnO flowers made up of thin nanosheets and their optical properties

被引:136
作者
Pan, AL [1 ]
Yu, RC [1 ]
Xie, SS [1 ]
Zhang, ZB [1 ]
Jin, CQ [1 ]
Zou, BS [1 ]
机构
[1] Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Phys, Nanoscale Phys & Device Lab, Beijing 100080, Peoples R China
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
crystal morphology; growth from solutions; nanostructure; ZnO;
D O I
10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2005.05.003
中图分类号
O7 [晶体学];
学科分类号
0702 ; 070205 ; 0703 ; 080501 ;
摘要
A new type of flower-like ZnO nanostructure was prepared on a large scale through a very simple solvothermal method. The nanoflowers are assembled by many thin and uniform hexagonal-structured ZnO nanosheets, with a thickness of around 6 nm. The growth mechanism of the nanoflowers is discussed based on the reaction conditions. Room-temperature optical measurements reveal that such ZnO nanoflowers have very strong UV bandedge emission with a large Stokes shift and an asymmetrical band profile. This luminescence characteristic may be attributed to the anisotropic energy band structure of the quantum-confined ZnO nanosheets. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:165 / 172
页数:8
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