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Influence of Annealing Treatment on the Structural and Optical Properties of ZnO Nanorods

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2019

Sharul Ashikin Kamaruddin
Affiliation:
Faculty of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, 86400 Batu Pahat, Johor, Malaysia Faculty of Engineering, Multimedia University, 63100 Cyberjaya, Selangor, Malaysia
Kah-Yoong Chan
Affiliation:
Faculty of Engineering, Multimedia University, 63100 Cyberjaya, Selangor, Malaysia
Mohd Zainizan Sahdan
Affiliation:
Faculty of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, 86400 Batu Pahat, Johor, Malaysia Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia
Dietmar Knipp
Affiliation:
Jacobs University Bremen, School of Engineering and Science, 28759 Bremen, Germany
Mohamad Rusop
Affiliation:
Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia
Hashim Saim
Affiliation:
Faculty of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, 86400 Batu Pahat, Johor, Malaysia
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Abstract

Zinc oxide (ZnO) is an emerging optoelectronic material in large area electronic applications due to its various functional behaviors. We report on the fabrication and the characterization of ZnO nanorods. The ZnO nanorods were synthesized using sol-gel hydrothermal technique on oxidized silicon substrates. Different annealing temperatures were explored in the sol-gel hydrothermal synthesis of the ZnO nanorods. In order to investigate the structural properties, the ZnO nanorods were measured using X-ray diffractometer (XRD). The optical properties were measured using ultraviolet-visible (UV-Vis) spectroscopy. The influence of the annealing treatment on the structural and optical properties of the ZnO nanorods will be revealed and discussed in this paper.

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