Two- and three-dimensional zinc oxide nanostructures and its photocatalytic dye degradation performance study

The zinc oxide (ZnO) nanostructures were synthesized using hydrothermal reaction technique at 180 °C with varying reaction time viz., 2, 4, 8 and 12 h and characterized with different spectroscopic/microscopic techniques. XRD indicate the formation of hexagonal phase of ZnO in all the prepared samples. The FESEM confirms the formation of hexagonal-shaped plate-like ZnO nanostructures having size in the range of 50 to 100 nm with the thickness of...