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Hydrothermal synthesis of flower cluster-shaped ZnO microstructures with sodium lignosulfonate as structure-directing agent

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Flower cluster-shaped ZnO microstructures have been successfully synthesized by a facile hydrothermal approach without further heat treatment using Zn(NO3) .2 6H2O and NaOH as raw materials and sodium lignosulfonate (SL) as a structure-directing agent. The morphology, structure, and property of the products were characterized by X-ray powder diffraction, fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, Brunauer–Emmett–Teller nitrogen adsorption–desorption isotherms and photoluminescence spectrum. The photocatalytic activity of the as-prepared samples were evaluated by photocatalytic decolorization of methylene blue aqueous solution at ambient temperature. The results indicated that the prepared ZnO-SL sample exhibited flower clustered morphology, hexagonal wurtzite structure, higher surface areas and better UV and visible photocatalytic activity. Moreover, the ZnO-SL sample showed excellent stability after three photodegradation cycling runs.

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This work was financially Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (21075054), Open Project Program of State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science (Nanjin University) (KLACLS1010), the Program of Department of Education of Jiangsu Province (12KJD610003), the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (BK20131249), the Senior Personnel Scientific Research Foundation of Jiangsu University (15JDG084), the Ordinary University Graduate Practice Innovation Fund of Jiangsu Province (SJLX-0476), and the College Students’ Innovative Practice Fund of Jiangsu University Industrial Center(GYZX2013038).

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    Chen Hao, Huailiang Zhang, Xiaohong Wang, Yuru Shen & Yinglu Yang

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Hao, C., Zhang, H., Wang, X. et al. Hydrothermal synthesis of flower cluster-shaped ZnO microstructures with sodium lignosulfonate as structure-directing agent. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 26, 9171–9177 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-015-3607-x

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