Flower-like zinc oxalate with a mean diameter of 50 μm was synthesized via the reaction of zinc acetate and dimethyl oxalate in ether-water bilayer refluxing systems at low temperature.Flower-like zinc oxalate microspheres can be further transformed into the similar morphology to zinc oxide by the decomposition of zinc oxalate at 500℃.Scanning electron microscopy（SEM）,X-ray diffraction（XRD）,thermogravimetric analysisdifferential scanning calorimetric（TG-DSC）,energy dispersive X-ray spectrum（EDX） and Fourier transforminfrared spectroscopy（FT-IR） were used to characterize the structure features and chemical compositions of the as-synthesized products.The UV-Vis and photoluminescence spectrum of flower-like zinc oxide microspheres were studied.The experimental results showed that flower-like zinc oxalate microspheres may be self-assembled by the zinc oxalate flakes.The ether-water volume ratio of 4：1 and refluxing temperature of 40℃ were considered to favor the preparation of flower-like zinc oxalate microspheres.
Liang Ni Lei Wang Bing Shao Yinjue Wang Wenli Zhang Yong Jiang
