The invention provides a method for preparing 
zinc oxide nanometer hollow spheres in caustic 
corrosion reaction. The method is mainly characterized in including using the solution of Zn(Ac)2 as the initial reactant first, adjusting the pH value to 11.5-14 by adding 
ammonia, using 
ethanol as the 
solvent, finally forming the nanometer hollow spheres in the 
hydrothermal reaction between Zn(NH3)4<2+> and excessive 
ammonia at a high temperature. The entire reaction has simple material, easy operation, no need for any complex instrument 
processing, convenience and rapidness, which is a method of rapidly preparing the 
zinc oxide nanometer hollow spheres. The obtained hollow spheres have narrow size distribution and good dispersibility with an external 
diameter of 600 nm and an internal 
diameter of 200-300 nm. The caustic 
corrosion reaction is adopted to synthesize 
zinc oxide nanometer hollow spheres in the method, thus agglomeration phenomenon caused by an aging 
machine is obviated, complex operation steps of 
organic reaction synthesis, 
contamination and disturbance to objective material zinc oxide caused by the complex operation steps are obviated. The method is obviously characterized in high 
production rate, rapidness, easiness, convenient operation, low cost and environment friendliness.