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- Title
Converting Layered Zinc Acetate Nanobelts to One-dimensional Structured ZnO Nanoparticle Aggregates and their Photocatalytic Activity.
- Authors
Ye Zhang; Feng Zhu; Junxi Zhang; Lingli Xia
- Abstract
We were successful in synthesizing periodic layered zinc acetate nanobelts through a hydrothermal solution process. One-dimensional structured ZnO nanoparticle aggregate was obtained by simple thermal annealing of the above-mentioned layered ZnO acetate nanobelts at 300 °C. The morphology, microstructure, and composition of the synthesized ZnO and its precursors were characterized by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and infrared spectroscopy, respectively. Low angle X-ray diffraction spectra reveal that as-synthesized zinc acetate has a layered structure with two interlayer d-spacings (one is 1.32 nm and the other is 1.91 nm). SEM and TEM indicate that nanobelt precursors were 100–200 nm in width and possesses length up to 30 μm. Calcination of precursor in air results in the formation of one-dimensional structured ZnO nanoparticle aggregates. In addition, the as-prepared ZnO nanoparticle aggregates exhibit high photocatalytic activity for the photocatalytic degradation of methyl orange (MO).
- Subjects
ZINC oxide; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; ZINC compounds; ANNEALING of crystals; TRANSMISSION electron microscopy; X-ray diffraction
- Publication
Nanoscale Research Letters, 2008, Vol 3, Issue 6, p201
- ISSN
1931-7573
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11671-008-9136-2