This work describes the facile aqueous solution based syntheses and detailed characterization of zinc based hydroxide/oxide and zinc hydroxy stannate materials and their efficient utilization as catalyst for photodegradation of harmful organic dye, i.e. Rhodamine B. The detailed studies revealed that the reaction time and temperature are important parameters by which crystal phases and morphology of prepared materials can be control. Therefore, it was observed that with increasing the reaction time and temperature, mixed phase of Zn(OH)2 and ZnO and pure ZnO can be prepared. The detailed characterizations showed that the zinc hydroxy stannate cubes are grown in high-density and possessing cube shaped morphologies. The detailed photocatalytic experiments revealed that as-synthesized ZnSn(OH)6 cubes possess higher photoactivity compared to the zinc based hydroxide/oxide materials. The stability results indicated no significant deactivation even after four successive re-uses in RhB photodegradation. Furth