Structure and Photoluminescence Properties of SnO2/Zn Core-shell Nanowires

  • Kim, Hyoun Woo (Division of Materials Science and Engineering, Hanyang University) ;
  • Na, Han Gil (Division of Materials Science and Engineering, Hanyang University) ;
  • Kwon, Yong Jung (Division of Materials Science and Engineering, Hanyang University) ;
  • Cho, Hong Yeon (Division of Materials Science and Engineering, Hanyang University)
  • Published : 2014.11.20

Abstract

$SnO_2-core/Zn-shell$ heteronanowires were fabricated by a two-step process: thermal evaporation of Sn powders and employing a sputtering technique with a Zn target. X-ray diffraction, high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, and EDX spectra coincidentally indicated that the shell layer comprised the Zn phase. From Gaussian deconvolution studies, we observed that photoluminescence (PL) spectra consisted of yellow, green, and ultraviolet (UV) emission bands, regardless of shell-coating. We speculated the possible mechanisms of these emission peaks.

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