Abstract

A vertically-oriented growth of the monolithic ZnO nanocrystals (NCs)-on-nanoneedle (NN) single-crystalline (SC) hybrids is presented with intrinsic nanoscale complexity, consisting of spatially homogeneously distributed ultrahigh-density (2.0 × 104 μm−2) on-site homoepitaxial growth of 4 nm ZnO NCs on the surface of vertically oriented high-density (8 × 108 cm−2) SC [100] ZnO NNs. The electron-beam stimulated “self-additive on-surface oxidation-limited growth” at room temperature is proposed for the on-site growth of numerous ZnO NCs on the (0001) facets of a single ZnO NN. Compared with heterojunctions, the unprecedented compact monolithic ZnO NCs-on-NN SC hybrids, growing from the inside out, may hold great promise for enhanced photovoltaic performance (e.g., electron mobility) of ZnO NC-sensitized solar cells.

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