Facile Synthesis and Optical Properties of Aluminum Nitride Nanowires Array

AlN nanowires macro-array were successfully fabricated on Si substrate by double template method and chemical vapour deposition. The research shows that AlN nanowires array with different diameter, length and coverage can be prepared by controlling the experimental conditions. The as-prepared AlN nanowires array were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Furthermore, the Ultraviolet absorption of AlN nanowires array as a sensors was investigated and calculated with the first principle.