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Controlling the growth of single crystal ZnO nanowires by tuning the atomic layer deposition parameters of the ZnO seed layer

Galan-Gonzalez, Alejandro; Gallant, Andrew; Zeze, Dagou A; Atkinson, Del

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Alejandro Galan-Gonzalez



Abstract

Semiconducting nanowires (NWs) offer exciting prospects for a wide range of technological applications. The translation of NW science into technology requires reliable high quality large volume production. This study provides an in-depth investigation of the parameters using an atomic layer deposition system to grow zinc oxide (ZnO) seed layers followed by the chemical bath deposition (CBD) of ZnO NWs to demonstrate the low-cost production of uniform single crystal wurtzite phase ZnO NWs that is scalable to large area substrates. The seed layer texture and the morphology of the NWs grown were systematically investigated using atomic force microscopy as a function of the seed layer deposition parameters. It is shown that the NWs growth orientation can be controlled by tuning the seed layer deposition parameters while maintaining the same CBD conditions. Likewise, the diameters and the surface densities of the NWs varied from 23 to 56 nm and 40 to 327 NWs μm−2, respectively. Significantly, the relationship between the seed layer structure and the NW density indicates a clear correlation between the density of seed layer surface features and the resulting surface NW density of NWs grown.

Citation

Galan-Gonzalez, A., Gallant, A., Zeze, D. A., & Atkinson, D. (2019). Controlling the growth of single crystal ZnO nanowires by tuning the atomic layer deposition parameters of the ZnO seed layer. Nanotechnology, 30(30), Article 305602. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6528/ab186a

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Apr 11, 2019
Online Publication Date May 3, 2019
Publication Date Jul 26, 2019
Deposit Date May 21, 2019
Publicly Available Date May 3, 2020
Journal Nanotechnology
Print ISSN 0957-4484
Electronic ISSN 1361-6528
Publisher IOP Publishing
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 30
Issue 30
Article Number 305602
DOI https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6528/ab186a
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1296018

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