J Mater Sci Technol ›› 2012, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (2): 103-108.

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Superhydrophobic Behavior and Optical Properties of ZnO Film Fabricated by Hydrothermal Method

Jiahong Zheng, Jiling Song, Qing Jiang, Jianshe Lian   

  1. Key Lab of Automobile Materials, Ministry of Education, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Nanling Campus, Changchun 130025, China
  • Received:2011-09-05 Revised:2011-09-19 Online:2012-02-28 Published:2012-02-24
  • Contact: Jianshe Lian
  • Supported by:

    the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 50871046), the Foundation of National Key Basic Research and Development Program (No. 2010CB631001)

Abstract: ZnO film with claviform structure was synthesized on quartz substrates through a hydrothermal method at 90 °C. The microstructure of the film is composed of clusters of submicrometer rods, which therefore endues the film with good superhydrophobicity. Meanwhile, the film with such tanglesome structure also shows highly crystalline quality testified by a strong ultra-violet (UV) emission and very low deep-level emission observed on the photoluminescence (PL) spectrum as well as high transparence of about 89% transmittance in visible light range.

Key words: Superhydrophobic behavior, Optical properties, ZnO film, Hydrothermal method