Synthesis of ZnO nanorods and their application to hybrid plasma display panels for reduction of discharge voltages

Synthesis of ZnO nanorods and their application to hybrid plasma display panels for reduction of discharge voltages

An array of ZnO nanorods was grown by thermally evaporating Zn metal in the presence of oxygen molecules on various Audeposited substrates (PbO/glass, SiO2/PbO/glass, and Al2O3/PbO/glass), and incorporated onto the front panel of plasma display panels (PDPs), forming a hybrid PDP. In an effort to obtain reasonable transmittance of visible light through the front panel of a PDP, the areal density of ZnO nanorods was controlled by patterning the Au seed layer on the substrate in a cubic array of circles by a conventional lift-off process. The resulting transmittance varied from 40-50%, depending on the area fraction of ZnO nanorods. The discharge voltage, luminance, and efficiency of ZnO nanorod-based hybrid PDP were characterized, indicating that the use of ZnO nanorods may provide an effective way of reducing discharge voltages of PDP.

An array of ZnO nanorods was grown by thermally evaporating Zn metal in the presence of oxygen molecules on various Audeposited substrates (PbO/glass, SiO2/PbO/glass, and Al2O3/PbO/glass), and incorporated onto the front panel of plasma display panels (PDPs), forming a hybrid PDP. In an effort to obtain reasonable transmittance of visible light through the front panel of a PDP, the areal density of ZnO nanorods was controlled by patterning the Au seed layer on the substrate in a cubic array of circles by a conventional lift-off process. The resulting transmittance varied from 40-50%, depending on the area fraction of ZnO nanorods. The discharge voltage, luminance, and efficiency of ZnO nanorod-based hybrid PDP were characterized, indicating that the use of ZnO nanorods may provide an effective way of reducing discharge voltages of PDP.