Biomineralization-Inspired Synthesis for Hierarchical Structured ZnO Powders with Enhanced Potocatalytic Activity

Nature is a perfect designer in fabricating biomaterials with well-defined and hierarchical nanostructures. Here we report a biomineralization-inspired approach for preparing hierarchical ZnO structure with high UV-light efficiency. The results show that biomacromolecules play an important role on controlling growth and assembly of ZnO nanostructures. It is found that the biomacromolecules favoring the isotropic growth of ZnO at the high concentration.