Research Article

Micromechanism and Kinetic Formulation of Vertically Aligned ZnO Nanorods Grown on Catalytic Bilayers

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Surface morphologies of ZnO nanorods grown at 700°C for (b) 1 min, (c) 5 min, (d) 30 min, and (e) 120 min on Sn sputter-/In spin coated sapphire substrates by thermal evaporation with a Zn mixture of Zn and ZnO in a weight ratio of 1 : 1. (a) SEM image of Sn sputter-/In spin coated bilayer catalysts after pyrolysis at 650°C for 30 min and reduction at 850°C in an Ar-5% H2 mixture gas for 30 min. (f) Photoluminescence spectra for the vertically aligned ZnO nanorods in (e). The inset in (c) was enlarged from the white square-selected area.
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