Defect mediated recombination of photoinduced electron-hole pair in the semiconductors for
their photocatalytic activities, is detrimental. In the case of ZnO nanostructures, radiative
recombination upon band-gap photo-excitation (3.37 eV) originated from different surface
defects (mainly Oxygen vacancies at 2.50 eV (V+) and 2.25 eV (V++) with respect to valance
and conduction bands respectively) of crystal lattice, acquires immense interest for both …