A facile template-free route to synthesize porous ZnO nanosheets with high surface area

Xiulan Hua, Xiaodong Shen, Rong Huang, Yoshitake Masuda, Tatsuki Ohji, Kazumi Kato

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Abstract

Microporous and mesoporous ZnO nanosheets were successfully synthesized by a lowerature chemical bath deposition and subsequently thermal decomposition at 250 °C without any templates. Nanosheet-shaped zinc hydroxide nitrate (Zn3(OH)4(NO3)2) was formed as the precursors at 90 C for 6 days by chemical bath deposition in a close system. Microporous and mesoporous ZnO nanosheets were obtained from the removing of OH and NO3 groups from zinc hydroxide nitrate (Zn3(OH) 4(NO3)2) nanosheet- shaped precursors. The pore sizes were distributed in the region of ∼1.3-25 nm with a center at ∼2.4 nm. Such porous and nanosheets structure gave a highest specific surface area of 283.8 m2/g.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)373-376
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of Alloys and Compounds
Volume580
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013

Keywords

  • Chemical deposition
  • Nanosheets
  • Porous materials
  • ZnO

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