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Comparison of photoluminescence of carbon nanotube/ZnO nanostructures synthesized by gas- and solution-phase transport

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Multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs)/ZnO heterostructures were synthesized by two different processes: (1) gas-phase transport (GPT) and nucleation of Zn powders and (2) solution-phase transport (SPT) chemical reaction of zinc nitrate solution on the MWCNTs. Transmission electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction analysis indicated that the ZnO nanostructures on the MWCNTs from the GPT and SPT processes were poly- and single-crystal hexagonal wurtzite structure, respectively. The major photoluminescence (PL) spectra of our MWCNT/ZnO hybrid, excited at 380 nm and 550 nm, were presented. The PL intensity of the MWCNT/ZnO coaxial nanostructures behaves differently depending on the ZnO synthesis methods on the MWCNTs. The MWCNT/ZnO heterostructures synthesized using the GPT process were more efficient than those synthesized by SPT process in enhancing the PL intensity around the near-band-edge emission region. However, the emission enhancement around defect region was mostly attributed to increase in the O vacancy concentration in the ZnO on the MWCNTs during the SPT process.

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This work was supported by the Global Leading Technology Program of the Office of Strategic R&D Planning (OSP) funded by the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy, Republic of Korea (10042421) and by the Leading Foreign Research Institute Recruitment Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (MSIP) (Grant Number 2010-00525). We also acknowledge the support by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (2012R1A1A2008870 and 2012R1A2A2A04047240). This paper was also supported by the KU Research Professor Program of Konkuk University.

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**, C., Lee, S., Kim, CW. et al. Comparison of photoluminescence of carbon nanotube/ZnO nanostructures synthesized by gas- and solution-phase transport. Appl. Phys. A 118, 733–738 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-014-8789-1

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