TY - JOUR
T1 - Graphene oxide/ZnO nanorods/graphene oxide sandwich structure
T2 - The origins and mechanisms of photoluminescence
AU - Boukhoubza, Issam
AU - Khenfouch, Mohammed
AU - Achehboune, Mohamed
AU - Mothudi, Bakang Moses
AU - Zorkani, Izeddine
AU - Jorio, Anouar
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Faculty of Sciences Dhar el Mahraz USMBA (Morocco), University of South Africa Department of Physics (South Africa) and Africa Graphene Center ( AGC ).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2019/8/15
Y1 - 2019/8/15
N2 - In this paper, we present the structural and optical properties of Graphene oxide/ZnO nanorods/graphene oxide (GO/ZnO nanorods/GO) nanocomposites prepared via a hydrothermal method on Si (100) substrate. The X-ray diffraction measurements (XRD) confirm that the prepared samples are of hexagonal wurtzite structure with crystallite size around 50–60 nm. It was obvious from scanning electron microscopy (SEM) that by incorporating the ZnO nanorods between the inter-layer of GO confirmed the formation of sandwich-like nanocomposites structure. ZnO nanorods interaction with GO is displayed by the different vibrational frequencies in fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). The UV–Vis spectrum reveals the strongest absorption was observed around 370 nm, while calculating optical band gap energy (Eg) of GO/ZnO NRs/GO was found to be 3.15 eV. The photoluminescence (PL) measurements indicates that the ZnO nanorods have a strong visible emission centered at 559 nm attributed to the presence of impurities in the form of oxygen vacancies After the nanorods were covered with GO layers, the PL intensity of the nanocomposite is quenched and shifted due to charge-transfer process. Consequently, the obtained results may lead to better performance for the optoelectronic applications.
AB - In this paper, we present the structural and optical properties of Graphene oxide/ZnO nanorods/graphene oxide (GO/ZnO nanorods/GO) nanocomposites prepared via a hydrothermal method on Si (100) substrate. The X-ray diffraction measurements (XRD) confirm that the prepared samples are of hexagonal wurtzite structure with crystallite size around 50–60 nm. It was obvious from scanning electron microscopy (SEM) that by incorporating the ZnO nanorods between the inter-layer of GO confirmed the formation of sandwich-like nanocomposites structure. ZnO nanorods interaction with GO is displayed by the different vibrational frequencies in fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). The UV–Vis spectrum reveals the strongest absorption was observed around 370 nm, while calculating optical band gap energy (Eg) of GO/ZnO NRs/GO was found to be 3.15 eV. The photoluminescence (PL) measurements indicates that the ZnO nanorods have a strong visible emission centered at 559 nm attributed to the presence of impurities in the form of oxygen vacancies After the nanorods were covered with GO layers, the PL intensity of the nanocomposite is quenched and shifted due to charge-transfer process. Consequently, the obtained results may lead to better performance for the optoelectronic applications.
KW - Excitation effect
KW - Graphene oxide
KW - Hydrothermal method
KW - ZnO nanorods
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jallcom.2019.04.266
DO - 10.1016/j.jallcom.2019.04.266
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85066158927
SN - 0925-8388
VL - 797
SP - 1320
EP - 1326
JO - Journal of alloys and Compounds
JF - Journal of alloys and Compounds
ER -