Needle-like ZnO nanostructure synthesized by organic-free hydrothermal process

✍ Scribed by Raghvendra S. Yadav; Avinash C. Pandey

• Book ID: 104084912
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 708 KB
• Volume: 40
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1386-9477
• DOI: 10.1016/j.physe.2007.08.087

✦ Synopsis

In present work, needle-like ZnO nanostructures were synthesized by an organic-free hydrothermal process. The hydrothermal synthesis was performed at temperature 330 K. The products were characterized by X-ray powder diffraction (XRD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The XRD pattern indicated that the needle-like ZnO nanostructures were hexagonal. Morphology, diameter and length of needles were investigated. Finally, the mechanism for organic-free hydrothermal synthesis of the needle-like ZnO nanostructure is discussed.