Growth of ZnO nanowires through thermal oxidation of metallic zinc films on CdTe substrates

Mg-Zn-Al Eutectic Alloys as Phase Change Material for Latent Heat Thermal Energy Storage

“…The Zn 85.8 Al 8.2 Mg 6 alloy pattern shows the presence of three phases, the first one is isostructural to the cubic Al phase [17], the second one is isostructural to the hexagonal Zn phase [18] and the last one is isostructural to the cubic Mg 2 Zn 11 intermetallic phase [19]. In this case, the identified phases are in agreement with the Mg-Zn-Al phase diagram at room temperature [15].…”

Modification of the optical and structural properties of ZnO nanowires by low-energy Ar+ ion sputtering

“…This process was stopped after about 23 h, when the Zn film thickness reached values near to 30 μm, as deduced by means of profilometry measurements. This technique has already been successfully used to grow high-quality ZnO NWs on other substrates such as CdTe [18]. The obtained NWs grow on top of the ZnO films formed by the oxidation of the Zn film evaporated layer.…”

“…The obtained NWs grow on top of the ZnO films formed by the oxidation of the Zn film evaporated layer. More details of the preparation technique can be found elsewhere [18]. After confirming the formation of a quite homogenous NW cover layer on the sample, several areas were independently irradiated with different Ar + ion beam fluences.…”

High-quality vertically aligned ZnO nanorods synthesized by microwave-assisted CBD with ZnO–PVA complex seed layer on Si substrates

“…ZnO nanorod/nanowire structures can be used as foundation blocks in a variety of applications such as short-wavelength nanolasers [5,6], field-effect transistors [7], nanosized gas sensors [8][9][10], nanoresonators, UV sensors [11][12][13], nanocantilevers [14], blue electroluminescent devices [15], high heterojunction area solar cells [16][17][18], and field emitters [19]. ZnO nanorods/nanowires can be grown using a variety of methods such as chemical vapor deposition (CVD), thermal evaporation [20,21], electrodeposition [22,23], catalyst-free combust-oxidized mesh (CFCOM) [24], oxidizing in air Zn metal films [25], and chemical bath deposition (CBD) [26][27][28]. Among these methods, CBD is a flexible technique to synthesis ZnO nanostrucures with a powerfully controlling on their morphology.…”

“…were synthesized on different substrates applying this method. Depending on the synthesis parameters such as temperature, substrate type, seeding layer, deposition time, and solvent used, the structure and the orientation can be effectively controlled [25].…”