ZnO nanowire arrays synthesized on ZnO and GaN films for photovoltaic and light-emitting devices

Bita Janfeshan; Bahareh Sadeghimakki; Navid Mohammad Sadeghi Jahed; Siva Sivoththaman

doi:10.1117/1.JPE.4.041599

28 April 2014 ZnO nanowire arrays synthesized on ZnO and GaN films for photovoltaic and light-emitting devices

Bita Janfeshan, Bahareh Sadeghimakki, Navid Mohammad Sadeghi Jahed, Siva Sivoththaman

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Journal of Photonics for Energy, Vol. 4, Issue 1, 041599 (April 2014). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JPE.4.041599

Abstract

The wide bandgap, one-dimensional zinc oxide (ZnO) nanowires (NWs) and their heterostructures with other materials provide excellent pathways for efficient photovoltaic (PV) and light-emitting devices. ZnO NWs sensitized with quantum dots (QDs) provide high-surface area and tunable bandgap absorbers with a directional path for carriers in advanced PV devices, while ZnO heterojunctions with other p-type wide bandgap materials lead to light-emitting diodes (LEDs) with better emission and waveguiding properties compared with the homojunction counterparts. Synthesis of the structures with the desired morphology is a key to device applications. In this work, ZnO NW arrays were synthesized using hydrothermal method on ZnO and GaN thin films. Highly crystalline, upright, and ordered arrays of ZnO NWs in the 50 to 250-nm diameter range and 1 μm in length were obtained. The morphology and optical properties of the NWs were studied. Energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy (EDX) analysis revealed nonstoichiometric oxygen content in the grown ZnO NWs. Photoluminescence (PL) studies depicted the presence of oxygen vacancy and interstitial zinc defects in the grown ZnO NWs, underlining the potential for LEDs. Further, hydrophobically ligated CdSe/ZnS QDs were successfully incorporated to the NW arrays. PL analysis indicated the injection of electrons from photoexcited QDs to the NWs, showing the potential for quantum dot-sensitized solar cells.

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Bita Janfeshan, Bahareh Sadeghimakki, Navid Mohammad Sadeghi Jahed, and Siva Sivoththaman "ZnO nanowire arrays synthesized on ZnO and GaN films for photovoltaic and light-emitting devices," Journal of Photonics for Energy 4(1), 041599 (28 April 2014). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JPE.4.041599

Published: 28 April 2014

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