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Table 1 Comparison of morphology of zinc oxide nanoparticles prepared by different routes

From: Synthesis of nanosize zinc oxide through aqueous sol–gel route in polyol medium

Synthesis method

Shape

Size

References

Wet chemical synthesis

Horizontal/Agglomerated

52.24 nm

Jayachandran et al. [33]

Microwave–assisted

Nanoflakes/Nanoplates

60–200 nm

Yalcin et al. [38]

Green synthesis

Hexagonal

40–45 nm

Alamdari et al. [39]

Co–precipitation

Spherical/Aggregated

80 nm

Mahmood et al. [40]

Precipitation

Spherical

20–40 nm

Ghorbani et al. [41]