“…These peaks, according to “ICSD reference No. 001-1136”, corresponded to (003), (100), (110), (002), (111), (200), (012), (102), (−202), (020), (021), (110), (202), (−113), (−311), (112), (220), and (004) planes [ 41 ], which shows that the Zn 2+ ions were incorporated effectively to the site of CuO lattice without interrupting the CuO crystal structure. Due to the resemblance in the Zn 2+ (0.74 Å) and Cu 2+ (0.73 Å) radius, Cu 2+ ions can be well substituted by Zn 2+ ions in the lattice structure.…”