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# Supplementary Material (ESI) for New Journal of Chemistry

# This journal is The Royal Society of Chemistry and


# The Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 2003

Supplementary information
Further evidence for the quality and composition of the as-obtained products were obtained
by the X-ray photoelectron spectra (XPS) of the products, which were collected on an
ESCALab MKII X-ray photoelectron spectrometer, using nonmonochromatized Mg-K Xray as the excitation source. The binding energies obtained in the XPS analysis were corrected
for specimen charging by referencing the C 1s to 284.60 eV. Fig. 1 shows XPS spectra taken
from the Zn and O regions of the ZnO hollow spheres. In Fig. 1A, there is a strong peak at
about 1022 eV, which is attributed to Zn2p3/2. In Fig. 1B, we can see that the O1s XPS is
asymmetric, indicating that two oxygen species are present in the nearby region. The peak at
about 531 eV can be indexed to the O(-2) in the ZnO, whereas the weaker shoulder peak at
about 532 eV is due to chemisorbed oxygen caused by surface hydroxyl, which corresponds
to O-H bonds. No obvious peaks for other elemental or impurities were observed. The atomic
composition of Zn and O was calculated by using the integrated peak area and sensitivity
factors, the atomic ratio of Zn:O is 1:1.10, close to the composition of ZnO.

Fig. 1 XPS analysis of as-obtained products. (A) Zn region; (B) O region.

The energy-dispersive X-ray analysis (EDXA) was recorded on a JEOL-2010 TEM at an


acceleration voltage of 200 kV, in which copper meshes were used to containing products.
The data were collected from the hollow spheres structures. Element Zn and O can been
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# Supplementary Material (ESI) for New Journal of Chemistry


# This journal is The Royal Society of Chemistry and
# The Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 2003

clearly seen from Fig.2, which shows that the components of the hollow spheres are Zn and
O. The ratio of Zn to O can be calculated out approximately to 1:1.08, indicating the products
are ZnO hollow spheres. The Cu signals are attributed to the copper meshes.

Fig. 2 EDXA spectrum of ZnO hollow spheres

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