Electrochemical growth of hexagonally arranged ZnO nanowall structures on ZnO substrates. Influence of surface polarity

Self-textured ZnO via AACVD of alkyl alkoxides: a solution-based seed-less route towards optoelectronic-grade coatings

“…7 Thus, the environment of the Zn first coordination sphere determines the appearance of preferential orientation, 8 leading to non-polar growth in oxygen-deficient conditions while polar growth is favoured in O-rich conditions. 9 Ultimately, the nature of the exposed surfaces plays a key role in the functional behaviour of ZnO, 10 so targeted properties are sought through thorough control of growth conditions. 11 As a result of such functional versatility, its intrinsic n-type doping, its low toxicity and chemical stability, ZnO has been widely used and has elevated prospects in the market of optoelectronic materials, 12 photocatalysis, 13 UV light-emitting-diodes and lasers, 14 solar cell applications, 15 and gas-sensors.…”

Morphologies controlled ZnO for inactivation of multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in solar light

“…Among photocatalysts, zinc oxide (ZnO) is used as a multifunctional material due to its applications in various research areas such as electronics, optoelectronics, laser technology, sensor, converter, energy generator, photocatalyst, antibacterial, biomedicine, etc [8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22]. It has tremendous chemical stability, photostability, high thermal and mechanical stability.…”