Synthesis of nano-sized ZnO structure in ionic liquid

Author

Quanshui, Chen ; Jugong, Zheng ; Xiaodong, Liu ; Ting, Yang

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mater. Sci. & Eng., East China Technol. Univ., Fuzhou

fYear

2008

fDate

24-27 March 2008

Firstpage

297

Lastpage

299

Abstract

ZnO nanorods were successfully synthesized by thermal decomposition of Zn (OH)₂ in the ionic liquid 1-butyl-3-ethylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate. Their structure and morphology were characterized by means of infrared spectroscopy (IR), X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The TEM results indicate that the diameter of the ZnO nanorods was 10 nm, and the length was 200 nm. The XRD pattern reveals that the ZnO nanorods belong to the hexagonal crystal system. The results show that ionic liquid can not only act as a reaction medium but also modify ZnO nanorods in the reaction. In this paper the growth mechanics of ZnO nano-structure was also preliminary studied.

Keywords

II-VI semiconductors; X-ray diffraction; infrared spectra; nanoelectronics; nanostructured materials; pyrolysis; semiconductor growth; transmission electron microscopy; wide band gap semiconductors; zinc compounds; X-ray powder diffraction; ZnO; infrared spectroscopy; ionic liquid; nanorods; nanostructure; thermal decomposition; transmission electron microscopy; Biodegradable materials; Biological materials; Electrons; Materials science and technology; Nanobioscience; Nanostructures; Semiconductor materials; Solvents; Temperature; Zinc oxide; ZnO; ionic liquid; nanostructure; thermal decomposition;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nanoelectronics Conference, 2008. INEC 2008. 2nd IEEE International

Conference_Location

Shanghai

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1572-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1573-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/INEC.2008.4585490

Filename

4585490