Formation of zinc oxide nanostructures by wet oxidation of vacuum deposited Zn 
thin film

Balela, M.D.L.; Pelicano, Christian Mark; Ty, J.D.; Yanagi, H.

doi:10.1007/s11082-016-0834-1

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Formation of zinc oxide nanostructures by wet oxidation of vacuum deposited Zn thin film

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Balela, M., Pelicano, C. M., Ty, J., & Yanagi, H. (2017). Formation of zinc oxide nanostructures by wet oxidation of vacuum deposited Zn thin film. Optical and Quantum Electronics, 49(1): 3. doi:10.1007/s11082-016-0834-1.

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Zinc oxide (ZnO) nanostructures with various morphologies (pencil-like nanorods, nanotubes, and lotus-like structures) have been successfully formed by simple oxidation of vacuum deposited Zn thin film on glass/ITO substrates in hot water at 90 °C. The morphology evolved from pencil-like nanorods to nanotubes to lotus-like structures with prolonged oxidation of Zn thin film for 6–24 h. The change in morphology of ZnO is attributed to the combined effects of electrochemical reactions in the solution, morphology and structure of Zn thin film, and wurtzite structure of resulting ZnO. A hybrid organic–inorganic solar cell following an inverted bulk heterojunction configuration was fabricated based on the lotus-like ZnO structures. The solar cell achieved a power conversion efficiency of up to 1.18%, which demonstrates the applicability of the technique for photovoltaic applications. © 2016, Springer Science+Business Media New York.