• 文献标题:   Freestanding ZnO nanorod/graphene/ZnO nanorod epitaxial double heterostructure for improved piezoelectric nanogenerators
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   SHIN DM, TSEGE EL, KANG SH, SEUNG W, KIM SW, KIM HK, HONG SW, HWANG YH
  • 作者关键词:   doublesided heterostructure, zno nanorod, preheating hydrothermal, graphene, nanogenerator
  • 出版物名称:   NANO ENERGY
  • ISSN:   2211-2855 EI 2211-3282
  • 通讯作者地址:   Pusan Natl Univ
  • 被引频次:   37
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.nanoen.2014.12.040
  • 出版年:   2015

▎ 摘  要

It has been intensively studied that vertically aligned ZnO nanorods over the last decade due to their remarkable piezoelectric properties and a potential for various applications. Here, we present a simple strategy for fabricating the freestanding ZnO nanorods/graphene/ZnO nanorods double sided heterostructures. The characterization of the double sided heterostructures by using SEM, and Raman scattering spectroscopy reveals the key process and working mechanism of a formation of the heterostructure. The mechanism is discussed in detail in term of the decomposed seed layer and the vacancy defect of graphene. The approach consists of a facile one-step fabrication process and could achieve ZnO coverage with a higher number density than that of the epitaxial single heterostructure. The resulting improvement in the number density of nanorods has a direct beneficial effect on the double side heterostructured nanogenerator performance. The total output voltage and current density are improved up to similar to 2 times compared to those of a single heterostructure due to the coupling of the piezoelectric effects from both upward and downward grown nanorods. The facile one-step fabrication process suggests that double sided heterostructures would improve the performance of electrical and optoelectrical device, such as touch pad, pressure sensor, biosensor and dye-sensitized solar cells. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.