Growth and Improvement of ZnO Nanostructure Using Aged Solution by Flow Coating Process

Kasimayan Uma, Solaiappan Ananthakumar, Ramalinga Viswanathan Mangalaraja, Tetsuo Soga, Takashi Jimbo

Centre for Social Contribution and Collaboration, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Nagoya, Japan.
Centre for Social Contribution and Collaboration, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Nagoya, Japan;Department of Frontier Materials, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Nagoya, Japan.
Department of Frontier Materials, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Nagoya, Japan.
Department of Materials Engineering, University of Concepcion, Concepcion, Chile.
Materials and Minerals Division, National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (CSIR), Kerala, India.

DOI: 10.4236/ampc.2013.33028                

Abstract

ZnO nanostructures were prepared on corning glass substrate by flow coating process with different annealing temperature from 100?C to 600?C. Fresh and two days aged solutions were used to investigate the growth behavior and to evaluate the nanostructure of ZnO. The effect of preparation conditions on the deposition of ZnO nanostructure was investigated by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Raman, and photoluminescence spectroscopy (PL). The results indicated that the solution aging condition and annealing temperature have a strong influence on the morphology and structural properties of the ZnO nanostructure. The solution aged after two days shows the different morphologies compared with the freshly prepared solution.

Keywords

ZnO Nanostructure; Flow Coating; Photo Luminescence (PL)

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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