Abstract

V. V. Ivanov¹, G. V. Tsepilov¹, I. V. Iyenyutin² and A. N. Voropay¹

DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.13005/ojc/320233

The influence of ZnO nanograin sublayers deposited at the initial stage of the electrodeposition on morphology, structure, optical and electrical properties of the nanostructured arrays of this material produced in the pulsed electrodeposition mode has been investigated. It is shown that the formation of these sublayers contributes to enlargement of the crystal grains and the formation of separate zinc oxide nanorods, which are perpendicular to the surface of the substrate. Moreover, the zinc oxide array electrodeposited in the pulsed mode with using nanograin sublayers has higher specific resistance, better transparency, scatters less visible light and has an appropriate optical band gap.

pulsed electrodeposition; 1-D ZnO; structure; optical properties; AFM

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