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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2013
Applicant:
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C30B 7/14 (2006.01); C30B 29/16 (2006.01); C30B 29/60 (2006.01); C30B 7/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C30B 7/14 (2013.01); C30B 29/16 (2013.01); C30B 29/60 (2013.01); C30B 7/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods of making electrically conductive, doped zinc oxide nanowires and nanowire films are provided. The methods comprises the steps of forming an aqueous solution comprising a dopant-containing precursor salt, a zinc-containing precursor salt and a pH buffering agent and heating the aqueous solution to a temperature below its boiling point in the presence of seed crystals, whereby doped zinc oxide nanowires are grown in situ from the seed crystals in the aqueous solution.