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Benzenedicarboxylic acid-assisted synthesis of ZnO micro-hexagons from zinc hydroxide nanostrands and their photoluminescence properties

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ZnO micro-hexagons with controllable morphologies were synthesized with the assist of benzenedicarboxylic acid (BDC) from zinc hydroxide nanostrands at 120 °C. With increasing the concentration of BDC, the structures evolved from hexagonal disks to hexagonal pyramids and eventually to coarse hexagonal pyramid flakes. The reason was that the growth along the c axis was preferentially suppressed at relatively low BDC concentration, while at higher concentration, the BDC could uniformly adsorbed on the whole surface. The photoluminescence properties of the obtained ZnO hexagons were also investigated at room and low temperature. The ZnO hexagonal disks with lowest defect showed the best optical performance.

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This work was supported by the National Nature Science Foundations of China (NSFC 21271154), and Doctoral Fund of Ministry of Education of China (20110101110028).

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    Junwei Li, Yiyin Mao, Wei Cao, Luwei Sun & Xinsheng Peng

  2. Cyrus Tang Center for Sensor Materials and Applications, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China

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Li, J., Mao, Y., Cao, W. et al. Benzenedicarboxylic acid-assisted synthesis of ZnO micro-hexagons from zinc hydroxide nanostrands and their photoluminescence properties. Appl. Phys. A 118, 683–690 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-014-8780-x

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