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Influence of Hydrothermal Synthesis Conditions and Device Configuration on the Photoresponse of UV Sensors Based on ZnO Nanorods

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Author(s):
Savu, Raluca [1] ; Parra, Rodrigo [1, 2] ; Jancar, Bostjan [3] ; Zaghete, Maria Aparecida [1] ; Joanni, Ednan [4]
Total Authors: 5
Affiliation:
[1] Inst Quim UNESP Araraquara, BR-14800900 Araraquara, SP - Brazil
[2] CONICET UNMdP, Inst Invest Ciencia & Tecnol Mat INTEMA, Mar Del Plata, Buenos Aires - Argentina
[3] Jozef Stefan Inst, Dept Adv Mat, Ljubljana 1000 - Slovenia
[4] Ctr Tecnol Informacao Renato Archer, BR-13069901 Campinas, SP - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 4
Document type: Journal article
Source: IEEE SENSORS JOURNAL; v. 11, n. 9, p. 1820-1825, SEP 2011.
Web of Science Citations: 6
Abstract

Zinc oxide nanorods in the form of powder or nanostructured films were synthesized by the hydrothermal method using aqueous solutions. Once the synthesis time was completed, the reaction vessel was naturally cooled or submitted to a quenching process. X-ray diffraction, Scanning Electron Microscopy and Transmission Electron Microscopy techniques were employed to characterize the crystallinity, morphology, and dimensions of the nanorods, as well as their growth direction. Suspensions of powder material were spin-coated over oxidized silicon substrates in order to obtain nanostructured layers. Photodetectors based on in-situ grown and spin-coated films were prepared in order to evaluate the influences of cooling rate and device configuration on the UV sensing characteristics. Spin-coated layers showed an excellent performance (current change by more than four orders of magnitude), better than nanorods grown directly on the substrate during the hydrothermal process. For both configurations, the sensitive layers built from quenched samples exhibited enhanced UV photoresponses when compared to the naturally cooled ones. (AU)