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Wet-Chemical Synthesis of ZnO Nanowires on Low-Temperature Photo-Activated ZnO-rGO Composite Thin Film with Enhanced Photoconduction

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A homogeneous dispersion of graphene oxide (GO) and zinc acetate was dip-coated and subsequently photo-annealed by deep UV irradiation to form ZnO-rGO (DUV) nanocomposite thin film. ZnO nanowires were then grown by wet-chemical synthesis on the ZnO-rGO (DUV) thin film. For comparison, ZnO nanowires were also grown on bare ZnO and ZnO-rGO (HT) thin films thermally annealed at 500°C. X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy of ZnO-rGO (DUV) thin film revealed crystallization of ZnO and reduction of GO. The photoluminescence spectra of ZnO nanowires grown on ZnO-rGO (DUV) thin film showed high crystallinity. The current–voltage characteristics of ZnO nanowires grown on ZnO-rGO (DUV) thin film in dark and under UV showed a 15-fold increase in photocurrent as compared to ZnO nanowires grown on ZnO and ZnO-rGO (HT) thin films. The low-temperature photo-activated ZnO-rGO thin films can be used as a template to grow one-dimensional ZnO nanowires with improved structural and optical properties and can pave the way for high-performance flexible device fabrication.

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  1. Department of Electronic Engineering, University of Tor Vergata, Via del Politecnico 1, 00133, Rome, Italy

    Abhisek Chakraborty

  2. Department of Electronics Engineering, C.H.O.S.E. - Center for Hybrid and Organic Solar Energy, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via del Politecnico 1, 00133, Rome, Italy

    Antonio Agresti

  3. Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via del Politecnico 1, 00133, Rome, Italy

    Roberto Pizzoferrato, Fabio De Matteis & Pier Gianni Medaglia

  4. Niccolò Cusano University, Via don Carlo Gnocchi, 3, 00166, Rome, Italy

    Andrea Orsini

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Chakraborty, A., Pizzoferrato, R., Agresti, A. et al. Wet-Chemical Synthesis of ZnO Nanowires on Low-Temperature Photo-Activated ZnO-rGO Composite Thin Film with Enhanced Photoconduction. J. Electron. Mater. 47, 5863–5869 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-018-6473-5

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