Effect of Water Content in Ethylene Glycol Solvent on the Size of ZnO Nanoparticles Prepared Using Microwave Solvothermal Synthesis

Table 1

Water content in ethylene glycol and in the precursor with constant concentration of Zn(CH₃COO)₂·2H₂O, which was 0.3254 mol/dm³ for all samples.

Sample	wt.%
Ethylene glycol, solvent	0.27 ± 0.01
ZnO (1%)	1.01 ± 0.04
ZnO (1.5%)	1.41 ± 0.07
ZnO (2%)	1.89 ± 0.11
ZnO (3%)	2.93 ± 0.13
ZnO (4%)	3.89 ± 0.11