Thermal Annealing Induced Controllable Porosity and Photoactive Performance of 2D ZnO Sheets
| Autor: | Chen-Shiang Hung, Wei-Cheng Zhao, Yuan-Chang Liang |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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thermal annealing
porosity Materials science Photoluminescence Annealing (metallurgy) General Chemical Engineering chemistry.chemical_element crystalline quality Crystallographic defect Oxygen Article Hydrothermal circulation lcsh:Chemistry Crystal Hydrogen atmosphere lcsh:QD1-999 chemistry Chemical engineering ZnO photoactive performance General Materials Science Porosity |
| Zdroj: | Nanomaterials Volume 10 Issue 7 Nanomaterials, Vol 10, Iss 1352, p 1352 (2020) |
| ISSN: | 2079-4991 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/nano10071352 |
| Popis: | Porous ZnO sheets containing various degrees of a nanoscaled pore were successfully synthesized using a simple hydrothermal method and various postannealing procedures. The porosity features of the ZnO sheets can be easily tuned by changing both the annealing temperature and annealing atmosphere. The dense porous nature of ZnO sheets is beneficial to enhance light absorption. Moreover, the substantially increased oxygen vacancies in the ZnO sheets were observed especially after the hydrogen treatment as revealed in the X-ray photoelectron spectroscope and photoluminescence analyses. The high density of surface crystal defect enhanced the photoinduced electron-hole separation rate of the ZnO sheets, which is crucial for an improved photoactivity. The porous ZnO sheets formed at a hydrogen atmosphere exhibited superior photoactive performance than the porous ZnO sheets formed at the high-temperature ambient air annealing. The dense pores and massive crystal defects formed by a hydrogen atmosphere annealing in the ZnO crystals might account for the observed photoactive behaviors in this study. |
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