“…Nickel oxides with different morphologies such as nanoparticles, [9] nanofibers, [10] nanotubes, [11] nanowalls, [12] nanoshafts, [13,14] nanocones, [15] nanoflakes, [16][17][18] nanostructure hierarchical spheres, [19] and mesoporous structures [20] have been previously studied. In addition, nickel oxide composites with different carbon structures such as carbon coatings, [21,22] carbon nanotubes, [10,23] conducting polymers, [24,25] and graphene [26][27][28] In this work, we used an optical floating zone furnace to synthesize cubic-shaped NiO nanocrystals. This novel synthesis method has been reported in our recent publication.…”