Abstract

• Zinc oxide nanoflower with hexagonal structure was achieved by using chemical bath deposition method under atmospheric pressure by using zinc nitrate hexahydrate [Zn(NO3)2.6H2O] and hexamethylene-tetramine (C6H12N4) at constant temperature 93ºC and the deposition time of 2 h. The prepared the film was grown on the suface of silver nanoparticles. The surface morphologies and the structural characterization of zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoflowers and silver nanoparticles were characterized by Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) and X-ray Diffraction (XRD) technique. The SEM results revealed that the petal lengths of the zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoflowers were up to more than 2 nm in diameter from 200 nm to 300 nm. The XRD pattern of the sample revealed that ZnO nanoflowers have hexagonal crystallite structure.