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A Facile Approach to Fabrication of Hollow ZnO Nanoparticles

  • Cho, Gwang-Rae (Department of Green Energy Engineering, Uiduk University) ;
  • Kim, Dong-Hyeon (Department of Green Energy Engineering, Uiduk University) ;
  • Lee, Dong-Hoon (Department of Green Energy Engineering, Uiduk University)
  • Received : 2018.05.08
  • Accepted : 2018.06.23
  • Published : 2018.06.29

Abstract

Well-defined, monodispersed hollow ZnO nanoparticles were successfully synthesized by a facile one-pot solution method at room temperature. Hollow ZnO nanoparticles were fabricated using polystyrene nanoparticles as seed particles. The removal of core particles via solvent extraction yields hollow nanoparticles. The structures and morphologies of the obtained products were characterized with Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR), Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), X-ray diffraction pattern (XRD) and Scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The formation mechanism of the hollow structure of the ZnO nanoparticles was also investigated. The technique developed here is expected to be useful in the preparation other metal oxides and hollow architectures.

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