Synthesis, Characterization, and Optical Properties of In2O3 Semiconductor Nanowires
- 12 May 2007
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Inorganic Chemistry
- Vol. 46 (12) , 4778-4780
Abstract
In2O3 semiconductor nanowires were synthesized by the chemical vapor deposition method through carbon thermal reduction at 900 °C with 95% Ar and 5% O2 gas flow. The In2O3 nanowires were characterized by field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), and photoluminescence spectroscopy (PL). For the first time, we observed the formation of corundum-type h-In2O3 nanowires and branched In2O3 nanowires. The PL spectra of In2O3 nanowires show strong visible red emission at 1.85 eV (670 nm) at low temperature, possibly caused by a small amount of oxygen vacancies in the nanowire crystal structure.Keywords
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