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ZnO Nanowires: Growth, Properties and Advantages

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One-dimensional anisotropic nanostructures, and in particular nanowires, are under intensive investigations over the last decade owing to their unique physical properties and their documented performance in a wide range of opto-electronic and nano-photonic devices. Here, we present a short overview of the main assets of nanowire arrays with particular emphasis as materials for solar energy harvesting and conversion. A brief survey on the main growth techniques of ZnO nanowires, i.e. chemical vapor deposition and solution chemistry is also presented.

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Acknowledgements

This research has been co-financed by the European Union (European Social Fund – ESF) and Greek national funds through the Operational Program “Education and Lifelong Learning” of the National Strategic Reference Framework (NSRF) – Research Funding Program: Thales. Investing in knowledge society through the European Social Fund.

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  1. Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas, Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences, (FORTH/ICE–HT), 1414, Rio-Patras, GR-26504, Greece

    Katerina Govatsi, Athanassios Chrissanthopoulos & Spyros N. Yannopoulos

  2. Department of Chemistry, University of Patras, Rio-Patras, GR-26504, Greece

    Katerina Govatsi

  3. Department of Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, GR-15771, Greece

    Athanassios Chrissanthopoulos

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  1. Department of Physics, University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy, Sofia, Bulgaria

    Plamen Petkov

  2. Department of Physics, Technical University of Moldova, Chisinau, Moldova

    Dumitru Tsiulyanu

  3. Dept. of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Kassel, Kassel, Germany

    Wilhelm Kulisch

  4. Inst. of Nanostructure Technologies and Analytics, University of Kassel, Kassel, Germany

    Cyril Popov

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Govatsi, K., Chrissanthopoulos, A., Yannopoulos, S.N. (2015). ZnO Nanowires: Growth, Properties and Advantages. In: Petkov, P., Tsiulyanu, D., Kulisch, W., Popov, C. (eds) Nanoscience Advances in CBRN Agents Detection, Information and Energy Security. NATO Science for Peace and Security Series A: Chemistry and Biology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9697-2_14

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