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Photoluminescence properties of cerium-doped zinc oxide nanotubes prepared using electrodeposition technique

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Well-ordered ZnO and Ce-doped ZnO (Ce-ZnO) nanotubes arrays with external diameter of 60 nm are obtained by oxidizing the Zn and Ce-Zn nanotube arrays electrodeposited into self-made anodic aluminum oxide template under different deposition potentials. The ratio of Ce to Zn in Ce-ZnO nanotubes can be modulated by deposition potentials. Like ZnO nanotubes, all Ce-ZnO nanotubes display polycrystalline hexagonal wurtzite structure without a distinctly preferential orientation. Nevertheless, due to smaller Zn ions being partly replaced by larger Ce ions, lattice parameters of Ce-ZnO nanotubes slightly increase in comparison with ZnO nanotubes. The only present ultraviolet (UV) emission peak as well as absent defect emission peak in all samples including ZnO nanotubes, indicates that all nanotubes synthesized by the electrochemical deposition possess good crystallinity. Compared with ZnO nanotubes, Ce-ZnO nanotubes fabricated under deposition potential of − 1.35 and − 1.4 V exhibit stronger UV emission. Especially in the case of − 1.35 V, Ce-ZnO nanotubes with the Ce:Zn ratio of 1:7 display twice the UV emission intensity of ZnO nanotubes, which shows doping an appropriate amount of Ce into ZnO nanotubes can sharply increase UV emission. The reason for the enhancement of UV emission is that CeO2 in Ce-ZnO nanotubes also has the stronger UV emission. These hollow Ce-ZnO nanotubes could have potential application in UV light-emitting diodes, photocatalysis, gas sensor, drug delivery, or other nanodevices.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11164017 and 11904186) and Research Program of Science and Technology at Universities of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China (Grant Nos. NJZY19006 and NJZZ20001) and Special fund for innovation and entrepreneurship of graduate students of Inner Mongolia University (Grant No 11200-121024).

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    Fang Liu, Wenlong Li, Dan Wu, Wenping Zhou & Guohong Yun

  2. Erdos Institute of Technology, Erdos, 017000, People’s Republic of China

    Fang Liu

  3. Modern Physics Research Center, College of Physics and Electronic Information, Inner Mongolia Normal University, Hohhot, 010022, People’s Republic of China

    Guohong Yun

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Liu, F., Li, W., Wu, D. et al. Photoluminescence properties of cerium-doped zinc oxide nanotubes prepared using electrodeposition technique. Appl. Phys. A 129, 344 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-023-06625-x

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