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Synthesis of dimension-tunable ZnO nanostructures via the design of zinc hydroxide precursors

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A facile synthesis route is presented to achieve dimension-tunable ZnO nanostructures by the design of zinc hydroxide precursors under the surfactant-free condition. From three types of zinc hydroxide precursors, namely, crystalline Zn(OH)(NO3)(H2O) nanobelts, amorphous zinc hydroxides microparticles and soluble \(\mathrm{Zn}(\mathrm{OH})^{2-}_{4}\) species, the porous ZnO nanosheets, ZnO nanoparticles and ZnO nanowires can be achieved, respectively. The porous ZnO nanosheets exhibit large polar surface area. Thermal analysis indicates that the crystalline Zn(OH)(NO3)(H2O) nanobelts were converted to the porous ZnO nanosheets by in situ lattice reconstruction, which was attributed to the unique fibrous structure of Zn(OH)(NO3)(H2O) nanobelts. The as-prepared dimension-tunable ZnO nanostructures have potential applications in solar cells, photocatalysis, novel chemical and biological sensors, etc.

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  1. Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, 230031, Anhui, People’s Republic of China

    Guomin Hua & Lide Zhang

  2. Key Laboratory of Novel Thin-Film Solar cells, Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, 230031, Anhui, People’s Republic of China

    Jun Dai, Linhua Hu & Songyuan Dai

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Hua, G., Zhang, L., Dai, J. et al. Synthesis of dimension-tunable ZnO nanostructures via the design of zinc hydroxide precursors. Appl. Phys. A 102, 275–280 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-010-6158-2

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