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Zinc Oxide and Copper Oxide Nanostructures: Fundamentals and Applications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 January 2012

Magnus Willander ,
Omer Nur ,
Gul Amin ,
A. Zainelabdin  and
S. Zaman
Magnus Willander
Affiliation:
Department of Science and Technology, Campus Norrköping, Linköping University SE-601 74 Norrköping, Sweden
Omer Nur
Affiliation:
Department of Science and Technology, Campus Norrköping, Linköping University SE-601 74 Norrköping, Sweden
Gul Amin
Affiliation:
Department of Science and Technology, Campus Norrköping, Linköping University SE-601 74 Norrköping, Sweden
A. Zainelabdin
Affiliation:
Department of Science and Technology, Campus Norrköping, Linköping University SE-601 74 Norrköping, Sweden
S. Zaman
Affiliation:
Department of Science and Technology, Campus Norrköping, Linköping University SE-601 74 Norrköping, Sweden
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Abstract

Copper oxide (CuO) and zinc oxide (ZnO) nanostructures complement each other since CuO is unintentional p-type and ZnO unintentional n-type. Using the low temperature chemical growth approach, the effect on morphology of varying the pH of the grown ZnO nanostructures and CuO micro structures is monitored. For both materials the variation of the pH was found to lead to a large variation on the morphology achieved. The grown ZnO NRs and CuO micro flowers material were used to fabricate devices. We demonstrate results from ZnO nanorods (NRs)/polymer p-n hybrid heterojunctions chemically grown on paper and using a process on paper for light emitting diodes (LEDs) applications as well as some large area light emitting diodes LEDs. The growth of CuO micro flowers indicated good quality material for sensing applications. The grown CuO micro flowers were employed as pH sensors. The results indicated a superior performance as expect due to the catalytic properties of this material.

Keywords

II-VInanoscalesemiconducting
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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1406: Symposium Z – Functional Metal-Oxide Nanostructures , 2012 , mrsf11-1406-z14-01
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2012

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