Morphological and Structural Studies of ZnO Micro-Nanorod Structures Synthesized Using a Low-Cost Hydrothermal Method
| Main Authors: | Suhufa Alfarisa; Department of Physics, Universitas PGRI Palembang, Palembang, Parmin Lumban Toruan; Department of Physics, Universitas PGRI Palembang, Palembang, Atina -; Department of Physics, Universitas PGRI Palembang, Palembang, Wipsar Sunu Brams Dwandaru; Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, Rika Noor Safitri; Department of Physics, Universitas Muhammadiyah Kepulauan Riau, Riau |
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| Other Authors: | Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education of Indonesia |
| Format: | Article application/pdf eJournal |
| Bahasa: | eng |
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Directorate of Research and Community Engagement, Universitas Indonesia
, 2018
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| Online Access: |
http://journal.ui.ac.id/index.php/science/article/view/8243 |
Daftar Isi:
- Micro-nanorod structures of zinc oxide (ZnO) have been successfully synthesized via a simple and low-cost hydrothermal method. ZnO solutions with different concentrations of 0.05 and 0.1 M were prepared using zinc nitrate tetrahydrate and hexamethylenetetramine precursors. They were dissolved in aquades and stirred before the hydrothermal process at 95 °C for 4 hours in an oven. Extensive characterizations using scanning electron microscope (SEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) were conducted on ZnO powder samples. SEM results showed that hexagonally shaped ZnO micro-nanorods were formed with diameters ranging from hundreds of nanometers to several micrometers. The ZnO sample synthesized at 0.05 M was observed to have a better surface morphological structure than the 0.1 M sample. In addition, XRD measurements confirmed that samples exhibited a hexagonal crystal structure of ZnO. Moreover, the calculated crystallite sizes of ZnO using the Debye-Scherrer equation using the full-width half maxima of the XRD peaks were 25.153 nm for the 0.05 M sample and 28.707 nm for the 0.1 M sample. The most prominent growth of ZnO had 101 plane orientation or nonpolar a-plane followed by nonpolar 100 m-plane and 002 polar c-plane orientations. This study offers a simple and low-cost route to produce high-quality ZnO micro-nanorods for use in various electrical and optical devices.