Multimorphologies nano-ZnO preparing through a simple solvothermal method for photocatalytic application

• DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2014.11.106
• Publication Date: 2014-11-30T04:55:35Z
• Authors: Yanfeng Chen; Chaojie Zhang; Weixin Huang; Yue Situ; Hong Huang
• Keywords: Diethylenetriamine; Methyl orange

Abstract A simple solvothermal method to successfully synthesize multimorphologies nano-ZnOs. The effect of diethylenetriamine on controlling the morphology of ZnO was studied by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). It is demonstrated that diethylenetriamine has significant influence on the two-dimension length of ZnO. Photocatalytic activities of as-prepared multimorphologies nano-ZnOs were also valuated using methyl orange as a model pollutant. The results show multimorphologies nano-ZnOs to have excellent photocatalytic activity.