Research Article

Template-Free Synthesis of Star-Like ZrO2 Nanostructures and Their Application in Photocatalysis

Table 1

Estimated crystallite sizes of ZrO2 synthesized at different reaction times.

SampleCrystal faceFWHM (rad)Crystallite size (nm)

ZrO2 (120 min)[−1 1 1]0.02156.97
ZrO2 (200 min)[−1 1 1]0.02057.31
ZrO2 (280 min)[−1 1 1]0.01828.23
ZrO2 (360 min)[−1 1 1]0.01669.02