Flower shaped homocentric pencil like ZnO nanorod bundles: synthesis, characterisation and study of their photocatalytic activity

Abstract

Flower shaped homocentric pencil like ZnO nanorod bundles are synthesized by a hydrothermal method. The PXRD pattern corresponds to the typical wurtzite structures of ZnO, which exhibits excellent activity as a photocatalyst for the degradation of malachite green under solar light irradiation.