摘要
We report here the evolution of zinc based high purity phases with novel morphologies such as Zn 3 N 2 hollow structures, ZnO nanowires and nanopowders, as well as metallic Zn layered hexagonal microparticles at progressively increased reaction temperature of 600 °C, 700 °C, 800 °C under NH 3 gas atmosphere using Zn powder precursor and keeping all other experimental parameters unchanged. Growth mechanism for Zn 3 N 2 obtained by nitridation, ZnO by oxidation and Zn microparticles via thermal evaporation & condensation process are discussed briefly. The as-synthesized products were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Photoluminescence (PL) studies have revealed very interesting and infrequently observed emission bands at 378 and 661 nm for Zn 3 N 2 , 359 and 396 nm for ZnO as well as 389 nm for Zn polyhedral microparticles.
源语言 | 英语 |
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页(从-至) | 7314-7319 |
页数 | 6 |
期刊 | Applied Surface Science |
卷 | 257 |
期 | 16 |
DOI | |
出版状态 | 已出版 - 1 6月 2011 |