Recent Advances and Trends in ZnO Hybrid Nanostructures

Recent Advances and Trends in ZnO Hybrid Nanostructures

Rahul Kalia, Ritesh Verma, Ankush Chauhan, Anand Sharma, Rajesh Kumar

ZnO nanostructures are excellent candidates for use in the production of functional devices because to their low toxicity, robust thermal stability, excellent corrosion resistance, biocompatibility, high specific surface area, and high conductivity. In this chapter we have discussed the various nanostructures of ZnO and their kind, synthesis of hybrid ZnO nanostructure, modification in nanostructure of ZnO, Hybrid nanostructure of ZnO. In addition, we have discussed the various methods like Sol-gel method, Hydrothermal method and Green Synthesis method in detail for the synthesis of ZnO nanostructures. The effect of these methods on variation of nanostructures have been discussed in detail. It has been observed that because of its great sensitivity to the chemical environment, ZnO nanostructures have been extensively used in sensing applications. Also, the ZnO nano structures have been widely used in light emitting diodes and in solar cells because of its semiconducting nature. The ZnO is a n-type semiconductors and has a perfect bandgap of 3.37eV for its use in solar cell applications. Thus, this chapter provides a detailed discussion about the various nano structures of ZnO, the synthesis methods and various applications.

Keywords
ZnO Nanostructures, Hybrid structures, Sensors, Solar Cells, Light Emitting Diode

Published online , 46 pages

Citation: Rahul Kalia, Ritesh Verma, Ankush Chauhan, Anand Sharma, Rajesh Kumar, Recent Advances and Trends in ZnO Hybrid Nanostructures, Materials Research Foundations, Vol. 146, pp 86-131, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21741/9781644902394-4

Part of the book on ZnO and Their Hybrid Nano-Structures

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