Zn2SnO4 with novel octahedron structures have been successfully synthesized on a large scale by applying surfactant hexadecyl trimethyl ammonium bromide (CTAB) throughout controllable hydrothermal reaction. X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microcopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) were used to characterize the final products. The results have revealed that three-dimensional (3D) Zn2SnO4 octahedrons were assembled with numerous intercrossed hexagon nanoplates with a mean edge length of 300 nm and an average th...
