Ultrasound-assisted synthesis of dentritic ZnO nanostructure in ionic liquid

Xianming Hou, Feng Zhou, Yubin Sun, Weimin Liu

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Abstract

A facile and environment-friendly sonochemical route to fabricate well-defined dentritic ZnO nanostructures in a room-temperature ionic liquid has been reported. The structure and morphology of the synthetic branch-shaped ZnO products were characterized by X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy. The photoluminescence (PL) spectrum of the synthetic dentritic ZnO nanostructures exhibits a strong ultraviolet emission at 378 nm and a weak green emission at 532 nm respectively at room temperature. A plausible formation mechanism of dentritic ZnO nanostructures was discussed in detail.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1789-1792
Number of pages4
JournalMaterials Letters
Volume61
Issue number8-9
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2007
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Dentritic nanostructure
  • Ionic liquid
  • Ultrasound
  • ZnO

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