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 language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1789-1792 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Materials Letters |
Volume | 61 |
Issue number | 8-9 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Apr 2007 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Dentritic nanostructure
- Ionic liquid
- Ultrasound
- ZnO