Growth of zinc oxide nanowires by a hot water deposition method.

Autor:	Saadi NS; School of Physical Sciences, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2801 South University Avenue, Little Rock, AR 72204, United States of America.; Department of Physics, University of Duhok (UoD), 1006 AJ Duhok, Iraq., Hassan LB; School of Physical Sciences, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2801 South University Avenue, Little Rock, AR 72204, United States of America.; Department of Physics, University of Duhok (UoD), 1006 AJ Duhok, Iraq., Sayem SM; School of Physical Sciences, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2801 South University Avenue, Little Rock, AR 72204, United States of America., More KL; Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1 Bethel Valley Road, Oak Ridge, TN 37830, United States of America., Karabacak T; School of Physical Sciences, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2801 South University Avenue, Little Rock, AR 72204, United States of America.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Nanotechnology [Nanotechnology] 2024 Oct 24; Vol. 36 (3). Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Oct 24.
DOI:	10.1088/1361-6528/ad86c9
Abstrakt:	Recently, various methods have been developed for synthesizing zinc oxide (ZnO) nanostructures, including physical and chemical vapor deposition, as well as wet chemistry. These common methods require either high temperature, high vacuum, or toxic chemicals. In this study, we report the growth of zinc oxide ZnO nanowires by a new hot water deposition (HWD) method on various types of substrates, including copper plates, foams, and meshes, as well as on indium tin oxide (ITO)-coated glasses (ITO/glass). HWD is derived from the hot water treatment (HWT) method, which involves immersing piece(s) of metal and substrate(s) in hot deionized water and does not require any additives or catalysts. Metal acts as the source of metal oxide molecules that migrate in water and deposit on the substrate surface to form metal oxide nanostructures (MONSTRs). The morphological and crystallographic analyses of the source-metals and substrates revealed the presence of uniformly crystalline ZnO nanorods after the HWD. In addition, the growth mechanism of ZnO nanowires using HWD is discussed. This process is simple, inexpensive, low temperature, scalable, and eco-friendly. Moreover, HWD can be used to deposit a large variety of MONSTRs on almost any type of substrate material or geometry. (Creative Commons Attribution license.)
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