Abstract
Single-crystalline with perfect hexagonal-shaped ZnO nanowires and nanorods, possessing the Zn-terminated (0001) facets bounded with the six-crystallographic equivalent [0110] surfaces, have been grown on Au-coated silicon substrate via thermal evaporation method using the metallic zinc powder in presence of oxygen. The detailed structural analyses reveal that the obtained nanostructures are single-crystalline with the wurtzite hexagonal phase and are preferentially oriented in the c-axis, [0001] direction. Raman spectra exhibit a sharp and strong optical phonon E2 mode at 437 cm(-1) further confirms the good crystal quality with wurtzite hexagonal crystal structure for the deposited products. The room-temperature photoluminescence (PL) spectra, for both the structures, showed a sharp and strong UV emission with a suppressed green emission, indicating the good optical properties for the as-grown nanostructures.
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