Effect of Titanium dioxide TiO2 on Structural and Surface Properties of ZnO Nanorods

Abstract

This thesis aims to investigate about the effect of titanium dioxide (TiO2) on structural and surface properties of zinc oxide (ZnO) Nanorods (NRs) grown hydrothermally using the chemical approach. X-ray used to study the surface structure of the samples, while SEM is used to study the surface morphology of a sample. The XRD results show that ZnO NRs sample indexed to the hexagonal crystal structure, and the SEM results indicate a homogeneous ad high dense NRs. While the XRD and SEM results of ZnO/ TiO2 shows a change on the peaks and the morphology, this due the shows that TiO2 layer is totally covers ZnO NRs.