Effect of surface and defect chemistry on the photo-catalytic properties of intentionally defect-rich ZnO nanorod arrays

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dc.contributor.authorKegel, Jan
dc.contributor.authorZubialevich, Vitaly Z.
dc.contributor.authorSchmidt, Michael
dc.contributor.authorPovey, Ian M.
dc.contributor.authorPemble, Martyn E.
dc.contributor.funderScience Foundation Irelanden
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-16T11:31:46Z
dc.date.available2018-05-16T11:31:46Z
dc.date.issued2018-05-08
dc.date.updated2018-05-16T11:18:35Z
dc.description.abstractDue to the abundance of intrinsic defects in zinc oxide (ZnO) the material properties are often governed by same. Knowledge of the defect chemistry has proven to be highly important, especially in terms of the photo-catalytic degradation of pollutants. Given the fact that defect-free materials or structures exhibiting only one type of defect are extremely difficult to produce, it is necessary to evaluate what influence various defects may have when present together in the material. In this study, intentionally defect-rich ZnO nanorod (NR) arrays are grown using a simple low-temperature solution-based growth technique. Upon changing the defect chemistry using rapid thermal annealing (RTA) the material properties are carefully assessed and correlated to the resulting photo-catalytic properties. Special focus is put on the investigation of these properties for samples showing strong orange photoluminescence (PL). It is shown that intense orange emitting NR arrays exhibit improved dye-degradation rates under UV-light irradiation. Furthermore strong dye-adsorption has been observed for some samples. This behavior is found to stem from a graphitic surface structure (e.g. shell) formed during RTA in vacuum. Since orange-luminescent samples also exhibit an enhancement of the dye-adsorption a possible interplay and synergy of these two defects is elucidated. Additionally, evidence is presented suggesting that in annealed ZnO NRs structural defects may be responsible for the often observed PL emission at 3.31 eV. However, a clear correlation with the photo-catalytic properties could not be established for these defects. Building on the specific findings presented here, this study also presents some more general guidelines which it is suggested, should be employed when assessing the photo-catalytic properties of defect-rich ZnO.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionAccepted Versionen
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dc.identifier.citationKegel, J., Zubialevich, V. Z., Schmidt, M., Povey, I. M. and Pemble, M. E. (2018) 'Effect of surface and defect chemistry on the photo-catalytic properties of intentionally defect-rich ZnO nanorod arrays', ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. doi:10.1021/acsami.8b05130en
dc.identifier.doi10.1021/acsami.8b05130
dc.identifier.issn1944-8244
dc.identifier.issn1944-8252
dc.identifier.journaltitleACS Applied Materials and Interfacesen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/6123
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherAmerican Chemical Societyen
dc.relation.projectinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/SFI/SFI US Ireland R&D Partnership/13/US/I2543/IE/Research into Emerging Nano-structured Electrodes for the splitting of Water (RENEW)/en
dc.relation.projectinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/SFI/SFI Investigator Programme/15/IA/3015/IE/Design, Deposition and Exploitation of Novel Micro and Nano-scale Materials and Devices for Advanced Manufacturing- DEPO-Man/en
dc.rights© 2018, American Chemical Society. This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces after technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work see https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsami.8b05130en
dc.subjectZnOen
dc.subjectDefectsen
dc.subjectPhoto-catalysisen
dc.subjectPhoto-luminescenceen
dc.subjectDefect-complexen
dc.subjectRapid thermal annealingen
dc.titleEffect of surface and defect chemistry on the photo-catalytic properties of intentionally defect-rich ZnO nanorod arraysen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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