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We have optimized the low-temperature growth of aligned arrays of zinc oxide nanorods of controlled length and diameter on conductive substrates. Varying the solution concentration and growth time, we were able to tune the nanorod diameter and length in the ranges 40–600 nm and 0.5–15 μm, respectively. The grown zinc oxide nanorods were photosensitized with CdSe quantum dots (QDs) in an oleic shell, which was replaced by pyridine. We studied the optical and transport properties of the ZnO nanorod arrays, with and without CdSe QDs on their surface. The current-voltage characteristics of the ZnO nanorod arrays with CdSe QDs are significantly influenced by illumination with light at a wavelength under the absorption band of the QDs, which points to effective interaction between the QDs and ZnO matrix.
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Original Russian Text © O.V. Troshyn, A.A. Kovalenko, S.G. Dorofeev, A.N. Baranov, 2012, published in Neorganicheskie Materialy, 2012, Vol. 48, No. 7, pp. 811–818.
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Troshyn, O.V., Kovalenko, A.A., Dorofeev, S.G. et al. Sensitization of ZnO nanorods with CdSe quantum dots. Inorg Mater 48, 709–715 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0020168512070187
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