Fabrication and characterization of highly c-axial oriented ZnO films by chemical solution deposition

Kirkendall void formation and selective directional growth of urchin-like ZnO/Zn microspheres through thermal oxidation in air

“…32,33 Various methods were reported for the synthesis of ZnO nanostructures. These methods include: chemical vapor deposition, 34,35 thermal evaporation, 36,37 wet oxidation, 38,39 solution deposition, 40,41 thermal decomposition, 42,43 hydrothermal methods, 9,44 sol-gel methods 45,46 and thermal oxidation. 32,47 Among the methods mentioned above, thermal oxidation is a simple, cost-effective, catalyst-free, and one-step process for the formation of 1D ZnO nanostructures.…”