Growth of Arrayed ZnO Nanorods from Aqueous Solution at 60°C

Abstract

In this paper, zinc oxide nanorods were prepared on many different substrates in the aqueous solution without adding alkali solution at 60°C. A layer of ZnO particles as the seeds for the growth were not needed to be coated on the substrates beforehand. A higher uniform and denser packed array of hexagonal ZnO nanorods forms on the glass substrate than that on the other substrates in our experiments. This technique is applicable for the preparation and patterning of functional ZnO films at low temperature. The growth mechanisms of the as-synthesized ZnO nanorods were also proposed.