Synthesis of zinc oxide nanocrystals by thermal decomposition of Zn-oleate in organic medium

• 来源期刊: 中国科学E辑（英文版）
• 年，卷（期）: 2008,（12）
• 页码范围: 2075-2079
• 页数: 5页
• 语种: 英文
• DOI: 10.1007/s 11431-008-0236-0

摘要

We report the synthesis of uniform-sized hexagonal ZnO nanocrystals by the thermolysis of Zn-oleate complex, which was prepared from the reaction of inex-pensive and environmentally friendly reagents such as zinc nitrate and sodium oleate. Two organic compounds with different boiling points, octadecene and oc-tylether, were selected as the medium for thermolysis of Zn-oleate complex. Under optimized reaction conditions, we were able to synthesize ZnO nanoparticles with the size being about 10 nm. X-ray diffraction and transmission electron micrograph (TEM) images confirmed the high crystallinity of the nanocrystals.