%0 Journal Article
%T Electrical, photoelectrical and morphological properties of ZnO nanofiber networks grown on SiO2 and on Si nanowires
%A Vega
%A Nadia Celeste
%A Tirado
%A Monica
%A Comedi
%A David
%A Rodriguez
%A Andres
%A Rodriguez
%A Tomas
%A Hughes
%A Gareth M.
%A Grovenor
%A Chris R. M.
%A Audebert
%A Fernando
%J Materials Research
%D 2013
%I ABM, ABC, ABPol, SBCC, SBCr, SBMM, SBPMat
%R 10.1590/S1516-14392013005000030
%X zno nanofibre networks (nfns) were grown by vapour transport method on si-based substrates. one type of substrate was sio2 thermally grown on si and another consisted of a si wafer onto which si nanowires (nws) had been grown having au nanoparticles catalysts. the zno-nfn morphology was observed by scanning electron microscopy on samples grown at 600 ˇăc and 720 ˇăc substrate temperature, while an focused ion beam was used to study the zno nfn/si nws/si and zno nfn/sio2 interfaces. photoluminescence, electrical conductance and photoconductance of zno-nfn was studied for the sample grown on sio2. the photoluminescence spectra show strong peaks due to exciton recombination and lattice defects. the zno-nfn presents quasi-persistent photoconductivity effects and ohmic i-v characteristics which become nonlinear and hysteretic as the applied voltage is increased. the electrical conductance as a function of temperature can be described by a modified three dimensional variable hopping model with nanometer-ranged typical hopping distances.
%K nanostructures
%K semiconductors
%K zno
%K photoluminescence
%K photoconductivity.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1516-14392013005000030&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en