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  • Simple fabrication and characteristics of Zn2Ti3O8 one-dimensional nanostructures
  • Sang Won Nama, Yong Jung Kwonb, Hong Yeon Chob, Sung Yong Kangb, Han Gil Nab and Hyoun Woo Kimb,*
  • a Department of Electronic Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, Republic of Korea b Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, Republic of Korea
Abstract
For the first time, we report the fabrication of one-dimensional (1D) nanostructures of Zn2Ti3O8. We heated the TeO2/TiO2 core-shell nanowires in a Zn-containing environment. The variation in heating temperature drastically changed the morphology and structure of the composite nanowires, obtaining the 1D nanostructures of Zn2Ti3O8 at 700 oC. A photoluminescence (PL) study indicated that annealing at 700 oC generated a PL band at 2.5 eV in the green region, originating from the Zn2Ti3O8 structure. These findings may pave the way to fabrication and applications of novel composite nanostructures.

Keywords: Zn2Ti3O8, Nanostructures, Photoluminescence.

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  • 2015; 16(4): 385-391

    Published on Aug 31, 2015