Issue 29, 2011
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Chemical Communications

Heteroepitaxial growth of ZnO branches selectively on TiO2nanorod tips with improved light harvesting performance†

Feng Gu,ab   Lili Gai,a   Wei Shao,a   Chunzhong Li*a  and  Lukas Schmidt-Mende*b  

* Corresponding authors

a Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science & Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
E-mail: czli@ecust.edu.cn
Fax: 86-21- 6425-0624
Tel: 86-21-6425-0949

b Department of Physics and Center for NanoScience (CeNS), Ludwig-Maximilians University (LMU), Munich, Germany
E-mail: L.Schmidt-Mende@physik.uni-muenchen.de
Fax: 49-89-2180-17836
Tel: 49-89-2180-3443

Abstract

A seeded heteroepitaxial growth of ZnO nanorods selectively on TiO2 nanorod tips was achieved by restricting crystal growth on highly hydrophobic TiO2 nanorod film surfaces. Intriguing light harvesting performance and efficient charge transport efficiency has been found, which suggest potential applications in photovoltaics and optoelectronics.

Graphical abstract: Heteroepitaxial growth of ZnO branches selectively on TiO2 nanorod tips with improved light harvesting performance

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C1CC12309B
Article type
Communication
Submitted
20 Apr 2011
Accepted
08 Jun 2011
First published
24 Jun 2011

Chem. Commun., 2011,47, 8400-8402

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Heteroepitaxial growth of ZnO branches selectively on TiO2 nanorod tips with improved light harvesting performance

F. Gu, L. Gai, W. Shao, C. Li and L. Schmidt-Mende, Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 8400 DOI: 10.1039/C1CC12309B

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