Probing the origin of green emission in 1D ZnS nanostructures》.pdf

Journal of Luminescence 169 (2016) 165 –172 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Journal of Luminescence journal homepage: /locate/jlumin Probing the origin of green emission in 1D ZnS nanostructures D.Q. Trung, N. Tu, N.D. Hung, P.T. Huy n NanoOptoelectronic Laboratory (LaNOPEL), Advanced Institute for Science and Technology (AIST), Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST), 01 Dai Co Viet road, Hanoi 10000, Vietnam a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: In this paper, the origin of the green emission has been addressed by systematically probing at nanoscale Received 26 March 2015 the change of surface morphology, chemical composition and cathodoluminescence spectrum of an Received in revised form individual ZnS microrod and of ZnS nanowires upon increasing oxidation temperature in air. We found 14 August 2015 that the emergence of the green emission is directly related to the formation of the ZnO layer and the Accepted 1 September 2015 imperfect surface/interface between the newly formed ZnO and the ZnS backbone. A simple approach for Available online 18 September 2015 fabrication of a broad-band white luminescence ZnO/ZnS-based material has also been proposed and Keywords: experimentally tested demonstrating high potential for application in UV-excited phosphor-converted ZnS nanostructures white LED.