• 文献标题:   Structurally Nanocrystalline-Electrically Single Crystalline ZnO-Reduced Graphene Oxide Composites
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   NAM WH, KIM BB, SEO SG, LIM YS, KIM JY, SEO WS, CHOI WK, PARK HH, LEE JY
  • 作者关键词:   zno, reduced graphene oxide, nanocomposite, charge transport, mobility
  • 出版物名称:   NANO LETTERS
  • ISSN:   1530-6984 EI 1530-6992
  • 通讯作者地址:   Korea Inst Ceram Engn Technol
  • 被引频次:   38
  • DOI:   10.1021/nl5018089
  • 出版年:   2014

▎ 摘  要

ZnO, a wide bandgap semiconductor, has attracted much attention due to its multifunctionality, such as transparent conducting oxide, light-emitting diode, photocatalyst, and so on. To improve its performances in the versatile applications, numerous hybrid strategies of ZnO with graphene have been attempted, and various synergistic effects have been achieved in the ZnOgraphene hybrid nanostructures. Here we report extraordinary charge transport behavior in Al-doped ZnO (AZO)-reduced graphene oxide (RGO) nanocomposites. Although the most challenging issue in semiconductor nanocomposites is their low mobilities, the AZO-RGO nanocomposites exhibit single crystal-like Hall mobility despite the large quantity of nanograin boundaries, which hinder the electron transport by the scattering with trapped charges. Because of the significantly weakened grain boundary barrier and the proper band alignment between the AZO and RGO, freely conducting electrons across the nanograin boundaries can be realized in the nanocomposites. This discovery of the structurally nanocrystalline-electrically single crystalline composite demonstrates a new route for enhancing the electrical properties in nanocomposites based on the hybrid strategy.