“…20,21 Employing nanoparticles as building blocks offers a powerful tool to succeed in fabrication of desired 1-3 D (dimensional) nanoarchitectures of Co 3 O 4 . 9,22,23 Its nanostructures with a great variety of morphologies, such as nanocubes, 24,25 nanorods, 7,26 nanowires, 27,28 nanotubes, 10,29 nanobelts, 30,31 nanospheres, 14,32 nanosheets, 33,34 nanomeshs, 35 nanooctahedra, 36 and nanocapsules, 37 etc., have been fabricated. Further investigations discovered that there is a close correlation between shape/morphology and performances of Co 3 O 4 nanocrystals in practical applications.…”