Concerning your question "Which is higher surface-to-volume ratio, nanoplates or nanorods", it depends on the structure of the material and no general statement summarizes this issue. It is better if you have data you can attach to your question.
Any how to check this:
1- Use SEM to study the surface morphology.
2- Make many cross sections from your sample then use SEM to study the volume structure of each cross section. According to the obtained data you can decide such this issue.
Thank you for your reply, but I speaking generally which one has higher ration. The thin film structure alternate from nanoplate to nanorod after annealing at a specific time and that changed the behavior of the device depending on the surface-to-volume ratio. That's why I want to check which one is higher, and I have read in some reference which I can't remember it that this ratio for nanoplate is higher than that of nanorod.