Fabrication of N-doped porous ZnO nanosheets by annealing Zn films at low temperatures
In this work, the direct growth of nitrogen (N)-doped porous ZnO nanosheets at low temperatures via the conventional plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) method is presented. The growth was based on the thermal annealing of a Zn film composed of Zn nanosheets in oxygen and nitrogen vapo...
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Published in | Journal of nanoscience and nanotechnology Vol. 13; no. 9; p. 6336 |
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Main Authors | , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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United States
01.09.2013
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Summary: | In this work, the direct growth of nitrogen (N)-doped porous ZnO nanosheets at low temperatures via the conventional plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) method is presented. The growth was based on the thermal annealing of a Zn film composed of Zn nanosheets in oxygen and nitrogen vapors produced via PECVD, with N2O as a source gas. The ZnO nanosheets with well-defined crystallinity were found to have been grown at temperatures over 280 degrees C, and to have had N-doped porous structures. The ZnO nanosheets grown at 380 degrees C were shown to have had a mean thickness of about 5 nm, a mean pore diameter of about 13.3 nm, and 6.7% porosity, and exhibited Raman and photoluminescence peaks characteristic of N-doped ZnO. It is suggested that the ZnO nanosheets were likely formed through their direct oxidation. |
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ISSN: | 1533-4880 1533-4899 |
DOI: | 10.1166/jnn.2013.7708 |