Synthesis and Characterization of Functional Nanostructured Metal Oxide Thin Films

Abstract

The nanomaterials are obtained to analyze the physical and structural requirements of their applications in gas sensors and solar cells. This claim is sustained by a model of the nucleation and growth processes through the chemical control of the chemical reaction. It allows monitoring the size of nano and microparticles, their surface morphology and arrangement on substrates. This aqueous chemical growth method allows generation of, at large scale and low-cost, advanced functional metal oxides nano- and micro-particulate multilayered thin films with complex nanoarchitectures. It includes nanocrystallites of zinc oxide nanorods and microrods. Other applications include nanocomposite thin films consisting of cuprous oxide micro/nanoporous films grown at low temperature from aqueous solution onto various substrates and rapid photothermal processed.