The Effect of Oxygen and Air Flow on the Characteristic of Zinc Oxide ZnO Nanorods

Abstract

In this study, ZnO nanorods are synthesized by the means of chemical bath deposition (CBD). Further objectives, to study the effect of new parameters (oxygen and air flow) on ZnO nanorods on morphology and length of alignment of the nanorods. It was observed that 0.100M for both zinc nitrate hexahydrate and hexamethylenetetramine give a best result. Here, we added an oxygen gas pressure as others idea in chemical bath deposition method and a p-type silicon substrate to investigate the length of ZnO nanorods through their cross-section. It was found that the biggest grain sizes obtain from sample 14, which is 58.87nm produces a high crystal quality, among others. Sample 14 also has a long nanorods (1.434μm-1.451μm) compared to other samples. The hexagonal structure was observed by Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope, FESEM and well aligned, compact and perpendicular ZnO nanorods grew on the surface of glass substrate. XRD data shows that it has a larger grain size with low lattice strain. The cross-sectional view of the samples demonstrates long nanorods with a range 2.763μm-2.844μm. Finally, the growth of ultra-long ZnO nanorods by using a modified chemical bath setup was successfully observed and recorded.Keywords: ZnO nanorods, CBD, Growth duration, FESEM images, pressure flow.