1. Formation and photoluminescence of one-dimensional SiOx dot array–ZnO nanobelt heterostructures
- Author
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Hui-Qing Lu, Li-Li Wu, E. Zhang, and Xitian Zhang
- Subjects
Materials science ,Photoluminescence ,business.industry ,Dot array ,Heterojunction ,Nanotechnology ,General Chemistry ,Condensed Matter::Mesoscopic Systems and Quantum Hall Effect ,Condensed Matter Physics ,Amorphous solid ,Condensed Matter::Materials Science ,Semiconductor quantum dots ,Transmission electron microscopy ,Optoelectronics ,General Materials Science ,Selected area diffraction ,Luminescence ,business - Abstract
We designed and successfully synthesized novel SiOx/ZnO heterostructures via one-step thermal reaction route. Orbicular SiOx dots regularly and alternately arrange in the middle of the up/down surfaces of a nanobelt to form a one-dimensional SiOx dot array, respectively, by their self-assembly. A high-resolution transmission electron microscopy study and a selected area electron diffraction pattern revealed that ZnO nanobelts are crystalline while SiOx dots are amorphous. The formation process of such heterostructure is discussed in terms of the Stranski–Krastanow growth mode of semiconductor quantum dots. Strong white luminescence was observed by bare eyes when the photoluminescence spectrum was measured.
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- 2010