TY - JOUR
T1 - Porous zinc oxide nanocrystalline film deposition by atmospheric pressure plasma: Fabrication and energy band estimation
AU - Jain, Gunisha
AU - Macias-Montero, Manuel
AU - Velusamy, Tamilselvan
AU - Maguire, P
AU - Mariotti, D
PY - 2017/5/24
Y1 - 2017/5/24
N2 - Porous ZnO nanocrystalline films have drawn research attention due to improvement in gas sensing, adsorption, photocatalytic, and photovoltaic applications. However, scalable synthesis of porous nanostructures has been a challenge. Here, This paper reports a very easy, fast, and scalable one-step process for synthesis and deposition of porous ZnO nanocrystalline film by low-temperature atmospheric pressure plasma. The plasma is generated with radio frequency power using a metallic zinc wire as a precursor. Nanostructures have been synthesized and agglomerate to form a porous film at the substrate. Energy band structure of the deposited film has been investigated to understand the corresponding band alignment, which is relevant to many applications. An in-depth study of the grown nanostructured ZnO film has been included and characterized by X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, kelvin probe measurement, ultra-violet/visible absorption, and photoluminescence.
AB - Porous ZnO nanocrystalline films have drawn research attention due to improvement in gas sensing, adsorption, photocatalytic, and photovoltaic applications. However, scalable synthesis of porous nanostructures has been a challenge. Here, This paper reports a very easy, fast, and scalable one-step process for synthesis and deposition of porous ZnO nanocrystalline film by low-temperature atmospheric pressure plasma. The plasma is generated with radio frequency power using a metallic zinc wire as a precursor. Nanostructures have been synthesized and agglomerate to form a porous film at the substrate. Energy band structure of the deposited film has been investigated to understand the corresponding band alignment, which is relevant to many applications. An in-depth study of the grown nanostructured ZnO film has been included and characterized by X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, kelvin probe measurement, ultra-violet/visible absorption, and photoluminescence.
KW - band estimation
KW - kelvin probe measurement
KW - nanocrystalline films
KW - non-thermal plasma
KW - Raman spectroscopy
U2 - 10.1002/ppap.201700052
DO - 10.1002/ppap.201700052
M3 - Article
SN - 1612-8869
VL - 14
SP - 1
EP - 8
JO - Plasma Processes and Polymers
JF - Plasma Processes and Polymers
IS - 12
ER -
