Electrochemical synthesis of lamellar structured ZnO films via electrochemical interfacial surfactant templating

Adsorption of a quaternary ammonium surfactant on Au(1 0 0)

“…The combined results of this body of work have recently been reviewed [15]. Confirmation of potential-controlled surfactant assembly [16][17][18][19] and several applications including copper electrodeposition [20] and surfactant templating [21][22][23] have subsequently been reported. Although the work performed by Lipkowski's group has extended over a variety of surfactant headgroups and chain lengths, to date the role of the surface crystallography has largely been ignored.…”

Mesoporous Materials‐Based Electrochemical Sensors

“…The first examples were metallic or semiconducting nanostructured films (i.e., platinum 80 or ZnO 116) generated by either electroreduction of metal ions (Equation 1) or electrochemically‐induced precipitation of metal (hydr)oxides (Equations 2 and 3) in the presence of ionic surfactants as cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) or sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS). The method was extended to get other mesostructured metal oxides or hydroxides and, even if lamellar mesostructures were most often observed, 2D‐hexagonal and 3‐D wormlike structures have been also reported 118. Note that metal (hydr)oxides are formed via indirect precipitation of metal hydroxides (Equation 2b) by electrogenerated hydroxide ions (Equation 2a), which could be aged into oxides, or one‐step formation of metal oxides (Equation 3) , , ,…”

Phase evolution from rod-like ZnO to plate-like zinc hydroxysulfate during electrochemical deposition

“…Up to now, various ZnO nanostructures such as nanoparticles, nanowires, and nanobelts have been prepared by many methods including MOCVD [6,7], thermal evaporation [8], hydrothermal [9][10][11][12][13], solution chemical [14] and electrochemical deposition [15][16][17][18][19][20]. Among these methods, solution growth techniques gain an advantage over other high temperature processes by simplicity, large scale, low cost and low temperature.…”