Effects of Persistence Time and Au- catalyst on the Growth and Optical Properties of ZnO Micro and Nanostructures

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In
this paper, we study the growth of ZnO micro and nanostructures on a quartz
substrate by means of carbothermal evaporation. Effects of persistence time and
Au thin film as a catalyst on growth process and optical properties such as
refractive index (n) and optical gap energy (Εg) of
the grown ZnO are investigated.
The samples were
characterized by scanning electron microscopy,x-ray diffraction (XRD) and
UV-visible characterization. The XRD spectrum clearly shows that the structure
is in hexagonal wurtzite phase. Our results also indicate that increasing the
persistence time as well as decreasing the size of ZnO nanostructures enhances
the optical band gap to about 3
/46
eV

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