FABRIKASI NANOROD SENG OKSIDA (ZnO) MENGGUNAKAN METODE SOL-GEL DENGAN VARIASI KONSENTRASI POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL DAN WAKTU TUNDA EVAPORASI AMONIA

Abstract

Zinc oxide (ZnO) is one of semiconductor materials which has been widely used for catalytic, electronic and optoelectronic applications. In the present research, ZnO nanorod has been successfully synthesized through a sol-gel method using (Zn(NO3)2.4H2O), NH4 OH, and polyethylene glycol (PEG) precusrors. Variation in PEG concentration and ammonia evaporation delay time were performed and the resulting ZnO nanorods were characterized by XRD and SEM to investigate the difference in diameter, morphology and nanocrystallinity. It was revellead that the addition of PEG concentration from 1 to 3 grams has increased the average diameter of ZnO nanorods from 157 to 464 nm. However, there was no an increase in the crystallite size on those nanorod solid structures. The ammonia evaporation delay time from 1 to 2 hours has resulted in a deacrease in the average diameter of ZnO nanorods from 410 to 328 nm, in comparison to those of without evaporation delay time which can reach up to 464 nm. By contrast, the average crystallite size of ZnO phase in the nanorod structures has increased from 121.49 to 166.59 nm when the evaporation delay time was prolonged from 1 to 2 hours, as compared to those of without evaporation delay time which can only reach 94.77 nm in size.