Tailoring morphological characteristics of zinc oxide using a one-step hydrothermal method for photoelectrochemical water splitting application

• Main Authors: Marlinda, Ab Rahman, Yusoff, Norazriena, Pandikumar, Alagarsamy, Huang, N.M., Akbarzadeh, Omid, Sagadevan, Suresh, Wahab, Yasmin Abdul, Johan, Mohd Rafie
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2019
• Subjects: QC Physics; QD Chemistry; T Technology (General); TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/24045/; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2019.05.109

In the present paper describe the zinc oxide (ZnO) with various morphologies have been synthesized using the one-step hydrothermal method, in which the growth of ZnO nanostructures are significantly tailored by adjusting the pH level between 9 and 12 using 0.1 M Sodium hydroxide (NaOH). Significant...