Morphological syntheses of ZnO nanostructures under microwave irradiation

Authors

Xiaoping Shen, Jiangsu UniversityFollow
Jiquan Sun, Jiangsu University
Guoxing Zhu, Jiangsu University
Zhenyuan Ji, Jiangsu University
Zhixin Chen, University of WollongongFollow
Niya Li, Jiangsu University

RIS ID

74953

Publication Details

Shen, X., Sun, J., Zhu, G., Ji, Z., Chen, Z. & Li, N. (2013). Morphological syntheses of ZnO nanostructures under microwave irradiation. Journal of Materials Science, 48 (6), 2358-2364.

Abstract

ZnO nanostructures with flower-, rod-, and flake-like morphologies have been controllably synthesized using Zn(acac)(2)center dot H2O (acac = acetylacetonate) as a single-source precursor through a facile and fast microwave-assisted method. The morphologies of ZnO nanostructures can be systematically adjusted by using various surfactants. The ZnO products are characterized by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and selected area electron diffraction. The results show that all ZnO nanostructures are of single-crystalline nature with hexagonal wurtzite structure. The possible formation mechanism for these ZnO nanostructures is proposed and their photoluminescence properties are also investigated.