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ArticleMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Some Distinct Attributes of ZnO Nanorods Arrays: Effects of Varying Hydrothermal Growth Time.

Mohammed Rashid Almamari, Naser M Ahmed, Araa Mebdir Holi, F K Yam, Htet Htet Kyaw, M A Almessiere, Mohammed Z Al-Abri

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Mohammed Rashid AlmamariNanotechnology Research Center, Sultan Qaboos University, P.O. Box 17, Al Khoud, Muscat 123, Oman.ORCID 0000-0001-7450-674X
Naser M AhmedSchool of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang 11800, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0002-6397-7391
Araa Mebdir HoliDepartment of Physics, College of Education, University of Al-Qadisiyah, Al-Diwaniyah 58002, Al-Qadisiyah, Iraq.ORCID 0000-0003-2855-952X
F K YamSchool of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang 11800, Malaysia.
Htet Htet KyawNanotechnology Research Center, Sultan Qaboos University, P.O. Box 17, Al Khoud, Muscat 123, Oman.
M A AlmessiereDepartment of Physics, College of Science, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P.O. Box 1982, Dammam 31441, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-1651-3591
Mohammed Z Al-AbriNanotechnology Research Center, Sultan Qaboos University, P.O. Box 17, Al Khoud, Muscat 123, Oman.ORCID 0000-0002-5470-8050

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Abstract

This study investigates the growth time effect on the structural, morphological, optical, and photoelectrochemical characteristics of highly oriented ZnO nanorod arrays (ZNRAs). The nanorod arrays were grown on ITO substrates using the unified sol-gel spin coating and hydrothermal techniques. ZnO nanoparticles (ZNPs) were synthesized using the sol-gel spin coating method. In contrast, the hydrothermal method was used to grow the ZnO nanorods. The hydrothermal growth time investigated was between 4 and 12 h. The synthesized ZNRAs were used as the photoanode electrodes to investigate their photoelectrochemical (PEC) electrode potency. The as-prepared ZNRAs were characterized using various analytical tools to determine their structures, morphologies, optical, and photoelectrochemical traits. EDX spectra showed the presence of uncontaminated ZnO chemical composition, and FTIR spectra displayed the various functional groups in the samples. A rod-shaped ZnO nanocrystallite with mean lengths and diameters of 300-500 nm and 40-90 nm, respectively, is depicted. HRTEM images indicated the nucleation and growth of ZNRAs with a lattice fringe spacing of 0.26 nm and a growth lattice planer orientation of [002]. The optimum ZNRAs (grown at 8 h) as photoelectrode achieved a photoconversion efficiency of 0.46% and photocurrent density of 0.63 mA/cm

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hydrothermal growth timePECphotoconversion efficiencyphotoelectrodeZNRAs

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