• 文献标题:   Seedless growth of zinc oxide flower-shaped structures on multilayer graphene by electrochemical deposition
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ABD AZIZ NS, NISHIYAMA T, RUSLI NI, MAHMOOD MR, YASUI K, HASHIM AM
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, zinc oxide, electrochemical deposition, flowershaped structure, rod
  • 出版物名称:   NANOSCALE RESEARCH LETTERS
  • ISSN:   1556-276X
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Teknol Malaysia
  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.1186/1556-276X-9-337
  • 出版年:   2014

▎ 摘  要

A seedless growth of zinc oxide (ZnO) structures on multilayer (ML) graphene by electrochemical deposition without any pre-deposited ZnO seed layer or metal catalyst was studied. A high density of a mixture of vertically aligned/non-aligned ZnO rods and flower-shaped structures was obtained. ML graphene seems to generate the formation of flower-shaped structures due to the stacking boundaries. The nucleation of ZnO seems to be promoted at the stacking edges of ML graphene with the increase of applied current density, resulting in the formation of flower-shaped structures. The diameters of the rods/flower-shaped structures also increase with the applied current density. ZnO rods/flower-shaped structures with high aspect ratio over 5.0 and good crystallinity were obtained at the applied current densities of -0.5 and -1.0 mA/cm(2). The growth mechanism was proposed. The growth involves the formation of ZnO nucleation below 80A degrees C and the enhancement of the growth of vertically non-aligned rods and flower-shaped structures at 80A degrees C. Such ZnO/graphene hybrid structure provides several potential applications in sensing devices.