title: Morphosynthesis of hierarchical hydrozincite with tunable surface architectures and hollow zinc oxide.
abstract: Hydrozincite (Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6) microspheres with a tunable surface architecture have been successfully synthesized via a homogeneous precipitation method under solvothermal conditions. For a smooth hydrozincite microsphere, various building blocks such as nanocubes, nanorods, and nanosheets are arranged to cover a spherical surface by concisely controlling reaction time and the volume of ethylene glycol. Hexagonal Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6 with nanostep structures are also prepared without any additives. The hollow ZnO microspheres with a porous surface have been successfully fabricated via a solution-based method by the room-temperature treatment of filled Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6 microspheres composed of nanocubes. A possible growth mechanism of these hollow ZnO microspheres is proposed. The similar filled ZnO microspheres can also be obtained by a direct pyrolysis of Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6 microspheres composed of nanocubes at 450 degrees C.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, 158 Zhongshan Road, Dalian 116012, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Chenglin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: Dongfeng
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Xue