Abstract:Using ZnCl2, Na2C2O4 and polyphenols as the starting materials, 3D ZnO nano-structures were obtained by thermally decomposing zinc oxalate dehydrate crystal and tuning the concentration of polyphenols with precipitin reaction. The prepared samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), thermogravimetric-differential thermal analysis (TG-DTA) and the photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy. The results indicate that the hollow structure in the zinc oxalate dihydrate exhibits with the increase of the content of polyphenols. When the concentration of polyphenols is 20mg/mL, the crystals have no fixed shape, but only lots of disorder and unsystematic small pieces are formed. When the concentration of polyphenols is 3.0mg/mL, the crystal size achieves to the maximum value. The photo-luminescence tests show that synthetic 3D ZnO nano-structures exhibit strong blue-green emission, which can be strengthened with the increases of annealing temperature.