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ArticleMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Size Distribution of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles Depending on the Temperature of Electrochemical Synthesis.

Michał Hajos, Maria Starowicz, Beata Brzychczyk, Grzegorz Basista, Sławomir Francik

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Article in Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Michał HajosDepartment of Mechanical Engineering and Agrophysics, Faculty of Production and Power Engineering, University of Agriculture in Krakow, Balicka Street 116 B, 30-149 Krakow, Poland.ORCID 0009-0004-4193-7542
Maria StarowiczDepartment of Chemistry and Corrosion of Metals, Faculty of Foundry Engineering, AGH University of Krakow, Reymonta Street 23, 30-059 Krakow, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-4764-3719
Beata BrzychczykDepartment of Mechanical Engineering and Agrophysics, Faculty of Production and Power Engineering, University of Agriculture in Krakow, Balicka Street 116 B, 30-149 Krakow, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-3873-1664
Grzegorz BasistaDepartment of Mechanical Engineering and Agrophysics, Faculty of Production and Power Engineering, University of Agriculture in Krakow, Balicka Street 116 B, 30-149 Krakow, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-9637-1305
Sławomir FrancikDepartment of Mechanical Engineering and Agrophysics, Faculty of Production and Power Engineering, University of Agriculture in Krakow, Balicka Street 116 B, 30-149 Krakow, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-4535-9450

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Abstract

One of the methods for obtaining zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) is electrochemical synthesis. In this study, the anodic dissolution process of metallic zinc in alcohol solutions of LiCl was used to synthesize ZnO NPs. The products were obtained as colloidal suspensions in an electrolyte solution. Due to the small size and ionic nature of the zinc oxide molecule, colloidal nanoparticles tend to cluster into larger groupings, so the size of nanoparticles in solutions will differ from the size of nanoparticles observed in ZnO powders after solvent evaporation. The main goal of this research is to investigate the influence of the temperature of synthesis and the kind of alcohol on the size of ZnO NP micelles. Nanocrystals of zinc oxide were obtained in all tested alcohols: methanol, ethanol, and 1-propanol. The particle size was determined using the Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS) method. It was observed that the particles synthesized in methanol were the largest, followed by smaller particles in ethanol, while the smallest particles were obtained in 1-propanol. Additionally, the particles obtained in ethanol were the most uniform in size, showing the highest level of size homogeneity.

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nanoparticle electrochemical synthesisnanoparticlesnanoparticle size distributionzinc oxide (ZnO)

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PMCPMC11767220

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