Facile Synthesis of Zinc Oxide Nanorods Using a Single-Phase Flow with 3D Printed Device

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Zinc Oxide single-phase flow 3D printed device

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Pattharaporn Joongpun
Electronic and Control System for Nanodevices Laboratory, College of Materials Innovation and Technology, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Bangkok, 10520, Thailand.
Kitikamol Feemuchang
Electronic and Control System for Nanodevices Laboratory, College of Materials Innovation and Technology, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Bangkok, 10520, Thailand.
Korakot Onlaor
Electronic and Control System for Nanodevices Laboratory, College of Materials Innovation and Technology, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Bangkok, 10520, Thailand.
Thutiyaporn Thiwawong
Electronic and Control System for Nanodevices Laboratory, College of Materials Innovation and Technology, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Bangkok, 10520, Thailand.
Benchapol Tunhoo
Electronic and Control System for Nanodevices Laboratory, College of Materials Innovation and Technology, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Bangkok, 10520, Thailand.

Abstract

In this work, the single-phase flow chip was applied to synthesize ZnO nanomaterial. The facile process of synthesizing ZnO can be achieved through the printed single-flow chip with the Y-junction pattern. The flow chip was designed and printed with a stereolithography 3d printer. Then, the physical properties of prepared ZnO were performed with an X-ray diffractometer (XRD), Fourier Transform Infrared spectrometer (FTIR), scanning electron microscope (SEM), and UV-visible near-infrared spectrophotometer (UV-Vis-NIR), respectively. It was found that the prepared ZnO exhibited a hexagonal wurtzite structure with the morphologies of ZnO powders, showing the nanorod structure with rod length in micron size. The influence of precursor flow rate on the properties of ZnO nanorods was evaluated. The UV photodetector has been fabricated on a plastic print circuit board with an interdigitated electrode. The optimized sensitivity of the fabricated UV photodetector was investigated.

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Joongpun P, Feemuchang K, Onlaor K, Thiwawong T, Tunhoo B. Facile Synthesis of Zinc Oxide Nanorods Using a Single-Phase Flow with 3D Printed Device. Thai J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. [Internet]. 2024 Jun. 2 [cited 2024 Dec. 26];9(1):131. Available from: https://ph05.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/TJNN/article/view/131
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