Abstract
ZnO nanorods and nanonails have been synthesized on silicon wafers by a three-step catalyst-free thermal evaporation method in oxygen atmosphere. All the samples were hexagonal phase ZnO with highly c-axis preferential orientation. Different morphologies of ZnO nanostructures, i.e. ZnO nanorods and two kinds of nanonails, were observed at various temperature regions. Photoluminescence, transmission electron microscopy, and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscope were employed to elucidate the reason for the formation of such different rod-like structures. The analysis results demonstrated that the caps of nanonails possess a large number of oxygen vacancies, which may play a key role in determining the formation of nanonails and the high intensity of green emission.
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