Zinc oxide (ZnO), a wide direct band gap semiconductor, has attracted extensive attention for its potential optoelectronic applications, such as coherent ultraviolet light emitters. Pure one-dimensional ZnO, structures such as nanorods and nanowires, etc. inevitably have some crystal defects, which makes them to emit not only in the ultraviolet region but also in the visible range. Photoluminescent ZnO‑carbon nanocomposites are an emerging class of nanomaterials that has spurred a lot of interests due to its attractive optical properties. It has been shown that these composite structures yield an enhanced ultraviolet to visible emission ratio due to improved surface plasmon emission and a new defect emission mechanism. Hence, a novel one-dimensional structure of ZnO and carbon nanofibers composite material has been designed and prepared. The scaly ZnO is completely coated with carbon nanofibers. This new composite structure has strong ultraviolet emission photoluminescence characteristics in combination with low visible emission.
Chen, C, He, G, Zhang, Z, Yan, J, Kou, L, Hauffman, T, Pletincx, S, Zhao, W, Yun, J, De Tandt, C & Stiens, J 2019, 'Growth mechanism of novel scaly CNFs@ZnO nanofibers structure and its photoluminescence property', Applied Surface Science, vol. 491, pp. 75-82. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2019.06.112
Chen, C., He, G., Zhang, Z., Yan, J., Kou, L., Hauffman, T., Pletincx, S., Zhao, W., Yun, J., De Tandt, C., & Stiens, J. (2019). Growth mechanism of novel scaly CNFs@ZnO nanofibers structure and its photoluminescence property. Applied Surface Science, 491, 75-82. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2019.06.112
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title = "Growth mechanism of novel scaly CNFs@ZnO nanofibers structure and its photoluminescence property",
abstract = "Zinc oxide (ZnO), a wide direct band gap semiconductor, has attracted extensive attention for its potential optoelectronic applications, such as coherent ultraviolet light emitters. Pure one-dimensional ZnO, structures such as nanorods and nanowires, etc. inevitably have some crystal defects, which makes them to emit not only in the ultraviolet region but also in the visible range. Photoluminescent ZnO‑carbon nanocomposites are an emerging class of nanomaterials that has spurred a lot of interests due to its attractive optical properties. It has been shown that these composite structures yield an enhanced ultraviolet to visible emission ratio due to improved surface plasmon emission and a new defect emission mechanism. Hence, a novel one-dimensional structure of ZnO and carbon nanofibers composite material has been designed and prepared. The scaly ZnO is completely coated with carbon nanofibers. This new composite structure has strong ultraviolet emission photoluminescence characteristics in combination with low visible emission.",
keywords = "Chemical vapor deposition, Scaly, Sputtering, Ultraviolet emission",
author = "Cheng Chen and Guoqiang He and Zhiyong Zhang and Junfeng Yan and Lu Kou and Tom Hauffman and Sven Pletincx and Wu Zhao and Jiangni Yun and {De Tandt}, Cathleen and Johan Stiens",
year = "2019",
month = oct,
day = "15",
doi = "10.1016/j.apsusc.2019.06.112",
language = "English",
volume = "491",
pages = "75--82",
journal = "Applied Surface Science",
issn = "0169-4332",
publisher = "Elsevier",
}