The aim of this study was to fabricate zinc oxide (ZnO) and aluminium (Al) doped ZnO nanorods (NRs) nanowires (NWs) graphene oxide (GO) and reduced GO (rGO) for ultraviolet (UV)  photoconductive sensor and photocatalytic applications. The method used to synthesize GO was  electrochemical exfoliation assisted by custom- made triple-tails sodium 1, 4-bis  (neopentyloxy)-3-(neopentyloxycarbonyl)-1, 4- dioxobutane-2-silphonate (TC14) and commercially  available single-tail sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS) surfactants. Then, to produce rGO the  exfoliated GO was reduced via reduction process by adding hydrazine hydrate. The ZnO and AlZnO NRs  and NWs were synthesized via sol-gel immersion method. The hybridized ZnO and AlZnO NRs and NWs  samples with SDS-GO, SDS-rGO, TC14-GO and TC14-rGO were done by spray coating method. The  ZnO/GO-based samples were characterized using scanning electron microscopy, energy dispersive  X-ray, high resolution transmission electron microscopy.....

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