Template-free polyoxometalate-assisted synthesis for ZnO hollow spheres
Journal Article
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· Journal of Solid State Chemistry
OSTI ID:21370391
- Key Laboratory of Polyoxometalate Science of Ministry of Education, Department of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Ren Min Street No. 5268, Changchun, Jilin 130024 (China)
ZnO hollow spheres with diameters ranging from 400 to 600 nm and the thickness of shell approximate 80 nm were synthesized by a simple polyoxometalate-assisted solvothermal route without using any templates. The effect of polyoxometalate concentration, reaction time and temperature on the formation of the hollow spheres was investigated. The results indicated that the hollow spheres were composed of porous shells with nanoparticles and polyoxometalate play a key role in controlling morphology of ZnO. A possible growth mechanism based on polyoxometalate-assisted assembly and slow Ostwald ripening dissolution in ethanol solution is tentatively proposed. In addition, the room temperature photoluminescence spectrum showed that the ZnO hollow spheres exhibit exciting emission features with wide band covering nearly all the visible region. - Graphical abstract: ZnO hollow spheres with porous shell were synthesized by a one-step polyoxometalate-assisted solvothermal route at low temperature. Room temperature photoluminescence spectrum of the ZnO hollow spheres exhibits exciting emission features with a broad band covering nearly all the visible region.
- OSTI ID:
- 21370391
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Solid State Chemistry, Journal Name: Journal of Solid State Chemistry Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 182; ISSN 0022-4596; ISSN JSSCBI
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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