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Standing porous ZnO nanoplate-built hollow microspheres and kinetically controlled dissolution/crystal growth mechanism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 February 2012

Xianbiao Wang ,
Weiping Cai ,
Guozhong Wang  and
Changhao Liang
Xianbiao Wang
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Anhui Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, People’s Republic of China; and Anhui Key Laboratory of Advanced Building Materials, School of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Anhui University of Architecture, Hefei 230601, People’s Republic of China
Weiping Cai*
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Anhui Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, People’s Republic of China
Guozhong Wang
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Anhui Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, People’s Republic of China
Changhao Liang
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Anhui Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, People’s Republic of China
*
a)Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: wpcai@issp.ac.cn
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Abstract

The standing porous nanoplate-built ZnO hollow microspheres with micro/nanostructure are fabricated based on a modified hydrothermal strategy, using citrate as structural director, and subsequent annealing treatment. The hollow spheres are composed of the vertically standing and cross-linked single crystalline porous nanoplates with the exposed surface of nonpolar (100) planes. Experiments have revealed the structural evolution: the formation of amorphous spheres in the initial reaction stage, followed by surface crystallization and nanoplate outward growth accompanied by inward dissolution of the amorphous spheres. Citrate in the precursor solution plays a dominant role in the formation of such porous ZnO hollow spheres. A model is presented, based on citrate-induced amorphous sphere formation and kinetically controlled dissolution and crystal growth. The model describes the formation of the hollow spheres, thermodynamically and kinetically.

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Core/shellCrystal growthNanostructure
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 27 , Issue 6 , 28 March 2012 , pp. 951 - 958
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2012

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