摘要： Zinc oxide (ZnO) nanorods were grown on a ZnO seed layer using the hydrothermal method and subsequently annealed at temperatures of 400–800 °C. The ZnO nanorods annealed at 400 °C exhibited morphology similar to that of the unannealed ZnO nanorods. However, the tips of the ZnO nanorods gradually became rounded and their density and diameter increased with an increase in the annealing temperature. The intensity of the near-band-edge emission increased gradually with an increase in the annealing temperature from 400 to 600 °C but decreased sharply in the case of the nanorods annealed at 800 °C. With respect to the deep-level emissions, broad yellow, orange, and green emissions were observed. Further, the low-temperature photoluminescence spectrum measured at 12 K of the ZnO nanorods annealed at 600 °C contained a donor-bound exciton emission, as well as emissions related to the donor-acceptor pair transition and the first-order and second-order longitudinal optical phonon replicas of the donor-acceptor pair transition. Finally, with respect to the photoresponse, the dark current and photocurrent of the nanorods decreased and their photosensitivity increased with the increase in the annealing temperature.