“…On the other hand, NiO has recently received increased attention due to its applications in a wide range of fields, including catalysis [22], electrochromic films [23][24][25][26], fuel cell electrodes [27,28], gas sensors [29,30], and smart windows [31][32][33]. Various methods have been known for synthesizing NiO including calcinations of nickel compound in air at elevated temperature 1273 K, physical and chemical vapor deposition and sol-gel process [24,34,35].…”