• Title of article

    Morphological Modification and Analysis of ZnO Nanorods and Their Optical Properties and Polarization

  • Author/Authors

    Sunaryono, Department of Physics - Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences - Universitas Negeri Malang - East Java, Indonesia , Mufti, Nandang Department of Physics - Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences - Universitas Negeri Malang - East Java, Indonesia , Maryam, Siti Department of Physics - Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences - Universitas Negeri Malang - East Java, Indonesia , Fibriyanti, Anggun A. Department of Physics - Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences - Universitas Negeri Malang - East Java, Indonesia , Kurniawan, Robi Department of Physics - Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences - Universitas Negeri Malang - East Java, Indonesia , Fuad, Abdulloh Department of Physics - Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences - Universitas Negeri Malang - East Java, Indonesia , Taufiq, Ahmad Department of Physics - Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences - Universitas Negeri Malang - East Java, Indonesia

  • Pages
    9
  • From page
    1
  • To page
    9
  • Abstract
    WereportontheeffectofthemorphologicalmodificationonopticalpropertiesandpolarizationofZnOnanorods(NR).Here,themorphologyandstructureoftheZnONRweremodifiedbyintroducingdifferentannealingtemperatures.TheincreaseoflengthanddiameterandchangeindensityoftheZnONRwereclearlyobservedbyincreasingtheannealingtemperature.Wefoundthatthesamplesshowdifferentoxygenvacancy(VO)andzincinterstitial(ZnI)concentrations.WesuggestthatthedifferentconcentrationsofVOandZnIareoriginatedfrommorphologicalandstructuralmodification.OurresultsrevealthatopticalabsorptionandpolarizationofZnONRcouldbeenhancedbyproducingahighconcentrationofVOandZnI.ThemodificationofVOandZnIpromotesadecreaseinthebandgapandcoexistenceofhighopticalabsorptionandpolarizationinourZnONR.OurfindingswouldgiveabroadinsightintothemorphologicalmodificationandcharacterizationtechniqueonZnONR.ThehighopticalandpolarizationcharacteristicsofZnONRarepotentialfordevelopingthehigh-performancenanogeneratordeviceformultitypeenergyharvesting.
  • Keywords
    Morphological Modification , Analysis of ZnO Nanorods , Their Optical Properties , Polarization , ZnO NR
  • Journal title
    Scanning
  • Serial Year
    2018
  • Record number

    2613576